Taking foreign nationals hostage is playing with fire
With the announcement from the French Foreign Minister, two more French nationals have been arrested and imprisoned in Iran, bringing the total number of French citizens detained in Iran to seven. Catherine Colonna, the French Foreign Minister, reacted strongly to this new development on Saturday. She mentioned her tense conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Iranian government and stated that the legal rights and consular access for these French nationals must be ensured. Referring to the recent developments in the process of taking foreign nationals hostage by the Iranian regime, she said that if Iran intends to gain leverage through this process, it will fail.
