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2025-07-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Two French nationals detained in Iran charged with spying for Mossad, families say
[IsraelTimes] Cecile Kohler and partner Jacques Paris also accused of ‘conspiracy to overthrow the regime’ and ‘corruption on earth,’ with all the charges carrying the death penalty

Two Frenchies detained for more than three years in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
have been charged with spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
, diplomatic and family sources told AFP on Wednesday.

They have also been charged with "conspiracy to overthrow the regime" and "corruption on earth," the Western diplomatic source and the sister of Cecile Kohler, who is being detained along with Jacques Gay Paree, told AFP.

"We have been informed of these accusations," the diplomatic source said.

"All we know is that they have seen a judge who confirmed the three charges," said Kohler’s sister, who said the two Frenchies were still being denied access to independent lawyers.

All three charges carry the death penalty
Iran had previously claimed the two had been arrested for spying but had not revealed exactly whom.

Tehran has not confirmed the new charges.

"These charges, if they are confirmed, are completely unfounded," the French diplomatic source told AFP.

"Cecile Kohler and Jacques Gay Paree are innocent," the source added, demanding that the pair are given access to lawyers.

The news came a day after the French charge d’affaires in Iran was able to visit the pair in prison.

The fate of Kohler and Gay Paree had been unknown since Israel targeted Tehran’s Evin prison in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
last week, before a US-proposed ceasefire between the Middle East foes came into force.

Iran’s judiciary said the Israeli strike on the prison had killed at least 79 people.

It has also said the Iranian prison authority transferred inmates out of Evin prison, without specifying their number or identifying them.

Kohler, 40, and Gay Paree, her 72-year-old partner, have been held in Iran since May 2022.

Iran is believed to hold around 20 European nationals, many of whose cases have never been publicized, in what some Western governments including La Belle France describe as a strategy of hostage-taking aimed at extracting concessions from the West.

Three Europeans, who have not been identified, have also been arrested in the wake of the current conflict, two of whom are accused of spying for Israel, according to the authorities.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-03 2025-07-03 00:50|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [22 views ]  Top
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