Two days after Tehran released Benjamin Brière and Bernard Phelan, dozens of relatives of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two Frenchmen detained in Iran, gathered Sunday at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. For months, the France has denounced these arbitrary detentions, speaking of "state hostages" The two men were arrested a little over a year ago, on May 7, 2022 during a tourist trip to Iran, which accused them of espionage.