Iran’s Strategic Hostage Diplomacy: France’s French Prisoners Freed—But at What Cost to America?

For over three years, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris languished in Tehran's notorious Evin prison under charges tied to espionage and threats to national security. Their recent release on bail, confirmed by Iranian authorities just weeks after France freed an Iranian detained in Paris, is more than a humanitarian gesture; it's a calculated maneuver by Tehran—a reminder of the precarious geopolitical chess game unfolding far from our borders but with direct implications for U.S. national sovereignty. Is Iran Using Prisoners as Diplomatic Leverage Against the West? Tehran’s pattern is unmistakable. By detaining dual nationals and foreign citizens like Kohler and...