DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed and is back home, as was another French citizen held under house arrest in Tehran, French officials said Thursday. Their liberation came as France and the rest of Europe are trying to jumpstart talks with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Iran’s 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seeking negotiations. Trump is also pressuring Tehran over its support of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as the American military carries out an intense new campaign of airstrikes targeting the group.
French President Emmanuel Macron
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