Iran citizen held in France over pro-Palestine comments returns home

Release of Mahdieh Esfandiari comes a week after Iran released two French citizens held on espionage charges.

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Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari has returned home after being held in France for more than a year as part of what appears to be an exchange of detainees between the countries.

Iran’s state television reported on Wednesday that the “rights activist”, sentenced to one year in prison after making online comments supportive of Palestine and the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that prompted the genocidal war on Gaza, had returned to Iran.

Iran citizen held in France over pro-Palestine comments returns home

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