Cypriot police have placed over 180 sites under surveillance and stationed guards outside schools attended by Israeli and French nationals, raising security to the highest level following recent Iranian actions.

An Iranian national, Mahdieh Esfandiari, has been sentenced to a year in prison by a French court for promoting terrorism on social media. Observers suggest she could become a bargaining chip in negotiations with Tehran for the release of French nationals held in Iran.

France is preparing charter flights to evacuate its French nationals from the Middle East as violence spreads across the region after Israeli and US air strikes on Iran, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël…

A French court on Thursday sentenced an Iranian woman, Mahdieh Esfandiari, to one year in prison on charges of justifying terrorism in a move that observers believe could spur Paris' negotiations with Tehran for the release of French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who are detained in Iran.

A French court on Thursday (February 26) sentenced Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari to prison for justifying terrorism in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held in…

A French court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of Iranian Mahdieh Esfandiari, accused of glorifying terrorism, with speculation she could be a bargaining chip for French nationals held in Tehran.