The head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna asked her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday 20 December for the "
release of French hostages
" held by Iran, respect for "
civil and political rights
" in Iran and the "
no -interference
" by Tehran in its neighborhood.
"
I spoke to him briefly in the summit room to ask him again for the release of the hostages who are being held by Iran and for full respect for international humanitarian law and international law in general
," she said during a press conference following a regional summit on the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan.