PARIS (Reuters) – A French couple has gone missing while on holiday in Iran, an official from the union one of them represents said on Thursday, a day after Iran’s intelligence ministry said it had arrested two Europeans for allegedly fomenting “insecurity” there.
Christophe Lalande, federal secretary of the FNEC FP-FO education union, said he had no news from his staffer and that while there was no “absolute certainty,” there was a “strong presumption” that it was her.
The couple had been on holiday in Iran, he said, adding that she had been due back in France earlier this week.
A diplomat based in the region confirmed the two arrested Europeans were French citizens.
France’s foreign ministry could not immediately confirm the arrest of its two citizens.
(Reporting by John Irish, Editing by Ingrid Melander)
