Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday March 21 the release of Roland Marchal imprisoned in Iran since June 2019. He will arrive in France this Saturday March 21 in the middle of the day, indicates the Elysée press release. This release is part of an exchange of detainees between Tehran and Paris.

Iran has released researcher Roland Marchal, who will arrive in France this Saturday mid-day, announced the Elysee. The president "is happy to announce the release of Roland Marchal, imprisoned in Iran since June 2019" but "urges the Iranian authorities to immediately release our compatriot Farida Adelkha", a Franco-Iranian researcher still imprisoned in Iran.

Prisoner exchange

Roland Marchal will arrive in France this Saturday in the middle of the day, indicates the press release from the Élysée. This release is anchored in the context of an exchange of detainees between Tehran and Paris, since on the night of Friday to Saturday, an Iranian detained in France since February 2019, Jalal Rohollahnejad, left for Tehran, television said. 'Iranian state overnight Friday to Saturday.

Jalal Rohollahnejad, 41, "was handed over to the Iranian embassy in Paris, and is currently on his way home by plane," the press TV website, the English news channel, said on Friday. of Iranian public broadcasting, citing judicial sources.