” Finally ! There are no words! » Benjamin Brière, himself a former hostage in Iran, was left “speechless” when he learned by telephone of the release of Cécile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, this Tuesday. The couple left the French embassy at 5 a.m. to reach the Azerbaijani border by road. He should arrive in France on Wednesday, after a night in Baku. A doctor was sent to them. This transfer was done without consultation with the United States and Israel (to avoid potential bombings), according to the president’s entourage.
“I have tears in my eyes, I almost have trouble talking about it because I am so overjoyed,” Thierry Moser, lawyer for the support committee for ex-prisoners, told AFP. “We are very moved and are waiting for their return to French soil to express ourselves, when they have landed… and us too!! » replies by SMS Anne-Laure Paris, Jacques’ daughter.