No immediate details of what led to release of backpacker Olivier Grondeau were given, and reasons for his detention remain unclear
A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for more than 880 days has been freed, as France and the rest of Europe try to pursue negotiations with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, wrote online that Olivier Grondeau had been freed, but offered no immediate details of what led to the release, though it came on Nowruz, the Persian new year, when Iran has released prisoners in the past.
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