Overview
- Prosecutors requested four years in prison with three suspended and a permanent ban from French territory, saying re-incarceration is unnecessary after eight months of pretrial detention.
- Esfandiari is on trial for glorifying terrorism, online provocation to commit terrorism, public insult based on origin or religion, and criminal association linked to Axe de la Résistance.
- Investigators say she supplied content across Telegram, X, Twitch, YouTube, and Alain Soral’s Egalité et Réconciliation; she acknowledges founding the channel but denies authoring the incriminated posts.
- The prosecution sought penalties for co-defendants, including up to three years’ prison, a €30,000 fine and an arrest warrant for Soral, and four years with three suspended for Maurizio Busson.
- The proceedings follow an Interior Ministry referral after a post praising the October 7 Hamas attack, as Iran’s ambassador characterizes the situation as an inter-state negotiation with two French nationals still confined to the embassy in Tehran.