Louis Arnaud

Louis Arnaud is a French citizen and a banking consultant. He had traveled to Iran as a tourist when he was arrested by the security forces. He was arrested during the national uprising in 2022.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='49487'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/40qB3QU'> He was arrested by the security forces while visiting Iran during the national uprising in 2022. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49489'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/france-once-again-urges-release-of-7-nationals-imprisoned-in-iran/32240996.html'> Radio Farda reported that France has demanded the release of seven French citizens including Louis Arnaud in Iran and called their continued arrest "unjustifiable and unacceptable." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49490'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/40qB3QU'> His family announced that in recent months they were only able to talk to him twice briefly on the phone and he was able to meet with the French ambassador in Iran once on December 11. They expressed concern about his condition and said their son did not attend any protests and has not taken any position against the state, the government, or Islam, that could be considered cause for his arrest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49488'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1619120098370887680'> According to Iran International, the French foreign minister confirmed the arrest of Louis Arnaud in Iran and said he was arrested while visiting the country as a tourist and is currently being held under terrible conditions in Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56828'> <reference source='https://www.change.org/p/lib%C3%A9rez-louis-arnaud-voyageur-d%C3%A9tenu-en-iran-depuis-le-28-septembre-2022'> An internet campaign launched two weeks ago for the release of Louis Arnaud, a French citizen imprisoned in Iran, gained more than 100,000 supporters on the 300th day of his arrest. Announcing this news, the support committee for Louis Arnaud asked the French government to increase its efforts for his release. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56829'> <reference source='https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/06/no-response-from-europe-say-parents-of-frenchman-louis-arnaud-imprisoned-in-iran-for-over-'> The website of Euronews published an interview with his parents in a report about Louis Arnaud. Jean-Michel Arnaud, Louis' father, told Euronews that he remembered the "painful moment" of the phone call from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the news of his son's arrest, and the fear caused by it, "because we knew that he was not arrested in just any country, but in Iran." According to Michel Arnaud, before this phone call, they had not heard from their son for several days, but since his son had promised not to go near the site of the protest demonstration in Iran, they were not too worried. He is accused of "participating in anti-security demonstrations and participating in anti-government propaganda," but Mr. Arnaud's parents insist that "none of these accusations are true." According to Euronews, the French government has told the Arnault family that it cannot give them much information and warned that even if there are negotiations to obtain their son's freedom, the family will not be informed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56830'> <reference source='https://parsi.euronews.com/2023/11/08/detained-in-iran-frenchman-louis-arnaud-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison'> He was sentenced to five years in prison by the court. While announcing this news, Euronews quoted Sylvie Arnaud, Louis Arnaud's mother, who wrote that her son was sentenced to five years in prison "after holding several court sessions without the presence of his lawyers". Sylvie Arnaud wrote that the accusations made against her son about propaganda against the Iranian regime and acts against the Islamic Republic of Iran are "completely baseless". Shortly after her statement, the French Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the verdict. The statement of this ministry emphasized that Mr. Arnaud's imprisonment is "unacceptable", and it says: > We demand his immediate release, as well as all the French citizens who have been arbitrarily detained in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56832'> <reference source='https://x.com/FreeCecile_/status/1771568245184577540'> More than a hundred people demonstrated in Paris, the capital of France, to support the French citizens imprisoned in Iran and to request their release. In this gathering, which was held in Republic Square of Paris following the call of the families of four French prisoners, the demonstrators displayed placards with the photos and names of Cecil Kohler, Jacques Paris, Louis Arnaud and a citizen named "Olivier". In this rally, Benjamin Berier, who was imprisoned in Iran for more than three years, asked the French government to work for the release of four French citizens who are still imprisoned in Iran. He emphasized that the most appropriate word for these four detainees is the word "hostage": > Louis is a hostage, Cecil is a hostage, Olivier is a hostage, Jacques is a hostage. I was a hostage. Naomi Kohler, Cecil Kohler's sister, published pictures of this gathering in her user account on X Network. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>