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French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released by Iran on Tuesday after «three and a half years of detention,» President Emmanuel Macron announced.
The pair, who were arrested in May 2022 while visiting Iran, were accused by Iranian state television of being spies who sought to stir up unrest, according to Reuters. France previously denounced their detention as unjustified and unfounded.
«Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to French territory, after three and a half years of detention in Iran. This is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families,» Macron wrote on X.
«Thank you to the Omani authorities for their mediation efforts, to the State services, and to the citizens who mobilized tirelessly and thus contributed to their return,» he added.
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A woman walks past posters of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, during support rallies outside the National Assembly in Paris on May 7, 2025, marking their three-year detention and demanding their release. (Abdul Saboor/Reuters)
The nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran described Kohler as the head of a federation of teachers unions in France, with Paris being her partner.
France’s foreign ministry said last May that Kohler and Paris were being detained as «state hostages by the Islamic Republic of Iran.»
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French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference on July 10, 2025, in London, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
«They are being held in shameful conditions and have been able to receive only four consular visits, under very restrictive conditions,» the ministry said at the time.
Iranian authorities freed the pair from prison in November but didn’t let them leave the country, according to The Associated Press.
Noemie Kohler, sister of Cecile Kohler, and Anne-Laure Paris, daughter of Jacques Paris, attend a press conference in Paris, France, on June 27, 2025. Both are relatives of French citizens held in Iran. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
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French officials said they were then being kept safe at the French Embassy in Tehran, until their departure from Iran on Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Sanctuary county refused 615 ICE transfer requests, turned over just 11 illegal immigrants, records show
Angel mom Cheryl Minter demands accountability from Fairfax DA
The House GOP grilled Fairfax DA Steve Descano over his controversial soft-on-crime record, particularly his office’s leniency toward illegal immigrant criminals. During powerful testimony, Angel Mom Cheryl Minter detailed how her daughter’s murder by an alleged illegal alien with over 30 prior arrests highlighted the tragic consequences.
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FIRST ON FOX: Records obtained by a conservative legal group show Fairfax County, Virginia, declined to transfer 615 illegal immigrants to ICE over the past 16 months, while turning over just 11.
Fairfax County, whose board includes one Republican supervisor for what is the most populous jurisdiction in the Old Dominion, formally designated itself a sanctuary jurisdiction in 2021 after passing the Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy or «Trust Policy.»
America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the county seeking records from the office of Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, who testified at a contentious House hearing earlier this spring on Fairfax’s reluctance to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
The data, obtained directly from a Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office document, showed that for the entirety of 2025, Kincaid’s office refused to transfer 448 illegal immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security for processing and instead only turned over a total of nine to ICE. During the first four months of 2026, Fairfax declined to transfer another 167 illegal immigrants, while turning over only two.
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Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid (Eva Russo/Getty Images)
Since then, county policy has barred law enforcement from honoring ICE civil detainers or otherwise assisting with federal immigration enforcement.
America First Legal (AFL), which first obtained the data, placed much of the blame on Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano, who sat beside Kincaid at the recent hearing and faced sharp questioning from Republicans over his prosecutorial discretion in cases involving illegal immigrants arrested in the county.
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AFL said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Fairfax’s overall framework encourages recidivism by illegal immigrant offenders and has directly led to several gruesome cases, including the murder of Fredericksburg, Virginia, woman Stephanie Minter, whose alleged killer is an illegal immigrant from West Africa with a lengthy criminal record in Fairfax County.
AFL noted that Descano is under investigation by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division over claims U.S. citizens are effectively discriminated against because of the prosecutor’s stated preferential policies, which appeared on his campaign pages and elsewhere and were highlighted by Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock, R-Calif., and others during the hearing.
The group pointed to fatal stabbings; the alleged assault of a woman on the Washington & Old Dominion Trail, a popular rail trail spanning from Washington, D.C., to Purcellville that has long been considered safe; and other crimes allegedly committed by illegal immigrants who, it said, received light sentences or had charges dropped.
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Descano has long defended his prosecutorial discretion as evidence-based and handled on a case-by-case basis.
A Descano spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement Thursday that the DOJ’s probe is politically motivated and has «distort[ed] the office’s policy.» The spokesperson also said the notice appeared to arrive intentionally just before Descano testified before McClintock.
«Our office’s policies are fair, legal and reflect the values of Fairfax County, and we will not be distracted from our mission of keeping this community safe and holding individuals accountable when they commit crimes,» the spokesperson said.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Kincaid’s office for comment.
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, left, and Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, right, testify before Congress. (Tom Williams/Getty Images)
AFL counsel Will Scolinos rejected the county’s defense, telling Fox News Digital that tragic cases such as Minter’s murder are the product of the Trust Policy and the shielding of «hundreds of illegal aliens … from federal law enforcement.»
«This deliberate obstruction by county officials protects illegal alien lawbreakers and endangers every family in Northern Virginia,» Scolinos said. «For too many families, it is already too late. But to protect other Virginians from future crimes at the hands of illegal aliens with prior arrests, Fairfax County must reverse this reckless, anti-American governance immediately.»
In the most recent month recorded, April 2026, 32 illegal immigrants were listed as being in the sheriff’s office’s custody, with none released to ICE. All 32 were subject to an «informed detainer,» and three were listed as convicted.
AFL also noted that Santa Clara County, California — home to the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium — informed the group that it received 529 ICE detainer requests in 2025 and honored none.
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«If each detainer represents a unique illegal alien, an average of 1.34 arrested illegal aliens were released into Santa Clara every day,» AFL said in April.
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The numbers reflect a pattern that is expected to continue drawing scrutiny from the Trump administration and groups such as AFL, which has also sought data from sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.
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Trump calificó de “ridícula” la relación de Estados Unidos con la OTAN y volvió exigir que Europa aumente el gasto militar
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, calificó este viernes de “ridícula” la relación de su país con la OTAN, afirmó que el vínculo es “unilateral” y volvió a reclamar que los aliados europeos asuman una mayor responsabilidad en materia de defensa, a pocos días de la cumbre de la alianza que se celebrará el 7 y 8 de julio en Ankara, Turquía.
Trump publicó su mensaje en la red social Truth Social, donde cuestionó el compromiso de los países europeos con la alianza. “¡Ellos no estuvieron ahí para nosotros!”, escribió el mandatario. Además, sostuvo que la relación entre Washington y la OTAN “no es recíproca” y consideró “ridícula” la continuidad de un esquema que definió como “unilateral” para Estados Unidos.
El mandatario volvió a apuntar contra los aliados europeos por su respuesta a la guerra en Irán. En distintas ocasiones cuestionó que varios países restringieran el uso de bases militares por parte de las fuerzas estadounidenses y reiteró que Europa debe asumir el liderazgo de su propia defensa, mientras Washington reduce parte de sus compromisos militares en el continente.
Trump acompañó su publicación con un gráfico sobre el gasto militar de los miembros de la OTAN, en el que mostró que Estados Unidos destina una inversión ampliamente superior a la de varios países de la alianza.
Las declaraciones llegaron menos de una semana antes de la cumbre de la OTAN en Ankara, donde los líderes de los 32 Estados miembros debatirán el futuro de la seguridad europea, el reparto de responsabilidades dentro de la alianza y el fortalecimiento de las capacidades militares.
En ese contexto, el embajador de Estados Unidos ante la OTAN, Matthew Whitaker, reforzó el mensaje de la Casa Blanca y reclamó que todos los aliados aceleren el cumplimiento del compromiso de elevar el gasto en defensa al 5% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) para 2035.
“Algunos aliados están haciendo más que otros, y tenemos países como Polonia, los países nórdicos, los bálticos y Alemania a la cabeza”, afirmó Whitaker ante periodistas.
Sin embargo, advirtió que “tenemos algunos que se están quedando atrás, que o bien no están gastando lo suficiente en este momento o no tienen una vía creíble para llegar al compromiso de defensa de La Haya”.
El diplomático recordó que los líderes de la OTAN acordaron el año pasado aumentar el gasto relacionado con la defensa hasta el 5% del PIB para 2035, una meta impulsada por Trump.
Whitaker sostuvo que el presidente estadounidense “espera plenamente que todos los aliados den un paso al frente de inmediato y se pongan en el camino hacia el cinco por ciento, y que lo hagan con urgencia”.
El embajador también aseguró que las diferencias recientes entre Washington y algunos socios europeos respondieron al deterioro de las relaciones personales entre dirigentes y afirmó que “esos tiempos ya pasaron”.
Además, señaló a España por haber “decepcionado” a Trump debido a su postura respecto de la guerra en Irán y por su “falta de voluntad para demostrar un camino creíble hacia el cinco por ciento” del PIB en gasto de defensa.
Pese a esas críticas, Whitaker indicó que no espera un enfrentamiento entre Trump y el presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, durante la cumbre.
El funcionario estadounidense también sostuvo que el aumento del gasto debe traducirse en capacidades militares concretas. “El objetivo es claro: seguir trasladando la responsabilidad de la defensa convencional de Europa a nuestros aliados de la OTAN”, afirmó. Asimismo, agregó: “Estados Unidos no va a desaparecer, pero tenemos responsabilidades a nivel mundial”.
Otro de los temas previstos para la reunión será el fortalecimiento de la industria de defensa a ambos lados del Atlántico. Whitaker expresó el respaldo de Washington a los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea para ampliar la producción militar, aunque advirtió sobre iniciativas que puedan excluir a empresas estadounidenses.
“Desde luego, no apoyamos el lenguaje proteccionista que a menudo incluyen muchas de las iniciativas de defensa europeas, que excluiría a los aliados”, señaló. Por último, sostuvo: “Ese es un tema que podría surgir durante la cumbre y esperamos poder llegar a un acuerdo sobre ese desafío”.
(Con información de AFP)
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