Iran sees the ‘necessary will’ to resolve prisoner issue with France

DUBAI: Both Tehran and Paris have the necessary will to resolve the “issue” of prisoners, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, a week after an Iranian court gave heavy prison sentences to two French citizens.“We are following the issue seriously. We believe both sides have the necessary will to resolve this issue,” Baghaei said when asked at a weekly press conference about the possibility of a prisoner swap.Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris are the only two French citizens being held in Iran and have been detained since 2022.

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