Overview

• A French chargé d’affaires met with Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris in Tehran on July 1, marking the first consular access since the June 23 strike on Evin Prison.
• Iranian authorities assured diplomats that neither detainee was harmed in the Israeli airstrike on their former facility.
• The exact whereabouts of Kohler and Paris remain undisclosed, prompting families and lawyers to demand independent proof of life.
• France has lodged a case at the International Court of Justice accusing Iran of violating consular protection rights through state-sponsored hostage-taking.
• Human rights advocates and Nobel laureates have condemned conditions at Evin Prison and criticized Iran’s use of foreign detainees for diplomatic leverage.