Frenchman freed after 900-day prison ordeal

PARIS: Iranian authorities have released French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained since October 2022 on security charges, and he has returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron announced. Grondeau, 34, 'is free and with his loved ones', Macron posted on X. He added that 'our mobilisation will not weaken' to ensure the release of two other French citizens still detained by Iran in what Paris views as state hostage-taking. Grondeau arrived in France after an almost 900-day ordeal, the Elysee Palace and a diplomatic source said. — AFP