PARIS, FRANCE: The government of France has urged its nationals to leave Iran at the earliest, in a bid to minimize the risk of “arbitrary detentions.”
“Any French visitor, including dual nationals, is exposed to a high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention and unfair trial,” the French foreign ministry said on its website this week.
Also this week, France lashed out at Iran for “dictatorial practices” and taking two of its citizens hostage, after a video aired in which the French citizens appeared to confess to spying, amid weeks of domestic unrest that Tehran has tied to foreign enemies.
