Iran Frees French Researcher In Apparent Prisoner Swap
March 21, 2020
French researcher Roland Marchal returned to Paris on Saturday after being imprisoned in Iran for over nine months, after France released an Iranian threatened with extradition to the US.
“Roland hs returned,” his support group announced in a short message.
A supporter told AFP that the freed researcher had been taken to a military hospital to assess his condition.
Earlier President Emmanuel Macron announced that Iran freed Marchal after France had allowed the Iranian to leave.