French president meets with prominent female activists who demand Paris recall ambassador, downgrade ties with Tehran and sanction those responsible for crackdown on protests

Woman identifying as Cecile Kohler, detained in May with her partner Jacques Paris, says she's a French agent who tried to lay groundwork for revolt against regime

Cecile Kohler and Chuck Paris, unionists with ties to France's National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training, ostensibly admit they work for French intelligence

Catherine Colonna also uses presser ahead of UNGA to accuse Russia of 'rapes, torture and forced liquidation' in Ukraine, says Paris to convene meet on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Paris stresses universal opposition to the death penalty and support of gay rights, after activists convicted of 'spreading corruption on earth'

Activists say hopes dashed for extension of leave or for sentence to be converted to house arrest; furlough ends as Tehran looks over EU proposal for return to 2015 nuclear deal

Furlough comes days after world powers returned to Vienna in last-ditch effort to save Iran nuclear deal; activists see Fariba Adelkhah's jailing as hostage diplomacy by Tehran

State television report identifies detainees as Cecile Kohler, 37, and Chuck Paris, 69; the pair are accused of creating 'unrest' in Iran

Day after Iranians said they arrested two Europeans for plotting 'instability,' Paris reveals the pair are its nationals, condemns the detention

Tehran's top negotiator heads back for consultations amid Russian complications, but is slated to return to Vienna on Wednesday