French media reported that the man was an 18-year-old who had been on a cycling trip in the region but went missing a few days after Israeli planes struck targets in Iran. A French man has been ...

If we often strongly advise against travelling to certain countries, it is precisely so as not to find ourselves at risk’, French minister says ...

Iran has confirmed the detention of a teenage French -German cyclist who went missing last month, according to a report by French newspaper Le Monde.

A French man has been missing in Iran since mid-June, France's minister responsible for the country's residents abroad said on Monday, adding that Paris had no details on what had happened to the man.

Iran says it detained an 18-year-old Franco-German tourist who was on a bicycle tour of the world for an unspecified crime.

June, France’s minister for citizens abroad said Monday, calling the disappearance “worrying.” French media said the man, reportedly a teenager on a cycling trip, vanished days after Israel launched ...

Iran has confirmed the detention of a teenage French-German cyclist who went missing last month, according to a report by French newspaper Le Monde. Lennart Monterlos, the cyclist in question, was ...

By bnm Tehran bureau A French man has been missing in Iran since mid-June, prompting concerns from Paris about Tehran's 'deliberate policy of taking Western hostages,' France's minister for ...

An 18-year-old French-German cyclist missing in Iran since mid-June has been in custody there, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.

The French Foreign Ministry has reiterated warnings over travelling to Iran after an 18-year-old tourist on a cycling trip in the country went missing, describing his disappearance as "worrying".

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a French newspaper that cyclist Lennart Monterlos was detained "for having committed an infraction," without offering details.

Germany also warns its citizens against travel to Iran Monterlos is the third French national known to be detained in Iran, which is accused by France of practicing hostage diplomacy.