His family have described him as a passionate fan of Persian poetry who had travelled to Iran on a tourist visa as part of a world tour. Two other French citizens are currently being held in Iran.

March 20 (UPI) --Iran Thursday released a French tourist who had been held for two years on a five-year sentence for allegedly conspiring against the Islamic Republic, a charge that Olivier ...

Olivier Grondeau had been accused of spying while visiting Iran on a tourist visa. President Emmanuel Macron of France had denounced his detention as “disgraceful and arbitrary.” By Aurelien ...

His family have described him as a passionate fan of Persian poetry who had travelled to Iran on a tourist visa as part of a world tour. Two other French citizens are currently being held in Iran.