Iran says it detained an 18-year-old Franco-German tourist who was on a bicycle tour of the world for an unspecified crime. Berlin and Paris have warned of politically motivated detentions, urging ...

Iran's Foreign Minister confirmed the detention of Lennart Monterlos, a French-German cyclist missing since mid-June. The cyclist has been held for an unspecified infraction. France is in contact with ...

PARIS (AP) — Iran ‘s foreign minister says his country has detained a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared last month for “an offense” that he didn’t detail, French newspaper Le ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a French newspaper that cyclist Lennart Monterlos was detained "for having ...

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.