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France, Iran
Intelligence chief Nicolas Lerner key architect of French prisoners' release

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The head of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, Nicolas Lerner.
The head of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, Nicolas Lerner. © Amaury Cornu/Hans Lucas via AFP

The head of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service played a key role in the conditional release on 4 November of French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris held prisoner in Iran on charges of spying for the French state.

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