French FM says Israel striking Tehran prison holding French detainees 'unacceptable'
France hit out at Israel on Monday over a strike on a Tehran prison holding two French nationals and other Europeans.
"This is unacceptable," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot wrote on X, although he said that the strike on Evin prison was not believed to have harmed French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris.
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