Overview

• Kohler spoke briefly with her family on September 13 after more than two months without contact, with the tightly supervised call lasting only a few minutes, her support committee said.
• Her location remains concealed by Iranian authorities and she could not disclose where she is being held due to pressure from her captors, according to the committee.
• The committee alleges she is deprived of basic resources, separated from her partner Jacques Paris, and subjected to constant psychological torture.
• Kohler and Paris were arrested in May 2022 and face Iranian accusations of espionage for Mossad, conspiracy to overthrow the regime, and “corruption on Earth.”
• Iran’s foreign minister says a deal to exchange French prisoners is close to a final phase, while France has declined public comment; the pair were transferred after June strikes on Evin Prison and Kohler was later moved to an undisclosed facility.