Cécile Kohler's family and French authorities claim that her 'confessions' were coerced. She was one of many European nationals used as pawns by the Iranian regime.
Cécile Kohler’s ‘confessions’ were aired on Iranian state media. Her family and French authorities say the admissions were forced.Cécile Kohler’s ‘confessions’ were aired on Iranian state media. Her family and French authorities say the admissions were forced.French teacher Cécile Kohler was on holiday in Iran when she became one of dozens of European nationals used as pawns by the regime.
Two days later, her younger sister, Noémie Kohler, was in a work meeting when her phone pinged with a message from her mother.Noémie Kohler demonstrates in Paris for the release of her sister, Cécile Kohler, and her sister’s partner, Jacques Paris, as well as Fariba Adelkhah, Benjamin Brière and other French researchers detained in Iran for months or even years.“My mother had written, ‘They haven’t come back. They are in prison’,” says Noémie.
Both the family and the French authorities say the confessions were forced, calling the couple “state hostages”. The French foreign ministry put out a statement saying: “The staging of their supposed confessions is shameful, revolting, unacceptable and contrary to international law.” Nearly 700 days have now passed since detention. Neither the family nor the French authorities have been able to access any information about her case or more detail about what she has been charged with. Since her arrest, Cécile has only been allowed two short consular visits under surveillance.
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