Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari, who was arrested in France in February on charges of promoting terrorism, has been transferred to the Iranian embassy in Paris, Tehran said on Wednesday.

"Our citizen in France, Ms. Esfandiari, is now free, she is at our embassy, and hopefully, she will return once her trial is over," said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The announcement came hours after the Iranian foreign ministry said French couple Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, who had been in detention in Iran since May 2022, were granted "conditional release".

France and Iran had discussed the release of Esfandiari, 40, in exchange for the French pair, with Iran's top diplomat saying last month that a deal w...