The French foreign minister said in November that a total of seven French nationals were being held in Iran, another sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries.
The Islamic Republic has accused foreign opponents of inciting a wave of unrest that erupted three months ago in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who was killed by morality police while enforcing the Islamic Republic’s mandated dress code. was arrested. Law.
The protests are one of the boldest challenges to the country’s leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and have attracted Iranians from all walks of life.