France will file a case at the World Court on Friday against Iran for violating the right to consular protection, foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said on Thursday, a bid to pressure Iran over the detention of two French citizens.

Construction engineer Robert Pether was jailed in Baghdad in 2021, with his wife, Roscommon native Desree Pether, saying her family "are facing the fact we may never see him again"

Britons Peter and Barbie Reynolds, both in their 70s, were detained by the Taliban on Feb. 1.

Faye Hall had been detained since February along with a British couple before a court order led to her release

George Glezmann, an American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday and is now on his way to the United States, a source with knowledge of the s...

The Irish family of an Australian man who had been living in Co Roscommon are fighting for his release after he was detained in Iraq for almost four years accused of stealing money from a project to r...

SummaryIn the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, addresses the crime of hostage‑taking from the perspe...

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained last month in Bamyan, along with an American friend, and taken to Kabul

Take No Prisoners, a feature documentary premiering at SXSW 2025, delves into the secretive, high-stakes world of hostage rescues, following America’s top envoy as he races to free a young attorney he...

Dutch citizen Cees Ljunberg has been released from Tehran’s Evin Prison after serving five years of a 10-year sentence, IranWire has lea ...

Peter and Barbie Reynolds, both in their 70s, were arrested by the Taliban in early February.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were returning to their home in Bamiyan on 1 February when they were detained

Nasrin Roshan, a British-Iranian citizen and political prisoner, has been detained in Iran for over 200 days and is serving a three-year prison sentence in Evin Prison.

Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were travelling through Iran as part of a motorbike trip across the world.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were travelling through Iran as part of a motorbike trip across the world.

Two Americans held by the Taliban were exchanged for an Afghan imprisoned in the US on narco-terrorism charges.

Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday to protest over a lack of information on the fate of an Italian national arrested in the Latin American country two months ago, the foreign ministry said.

Dramatic appeal from the family: "The government must intervene". The young Venetian is detained without any charges

Pour la libération de Cécile, Jacques et Olivier, otages en Iran

Italy’s justice minister on Sunday asked an appeals court to revoke the arrest of an Iranian citizen wanted by the US over a 2024 drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans. Mohammad Abedini's...

Since the passage of the Levinson Act in December 2020, dozens of U.S. nationals wrongfully and unjustly detained overseas have reunited with their families, thanks to a whole-of-government commitment...

A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining ...

Reports said Sala had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.

The son of a Florida retiree says Saudi Arabia has forced his father to take steps to renounce his American citizenship after jailing him over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince...

Ahmed al-Doush has been held for more than four months without charge and has been given no reason for his arrest

Foreign ministry summons ambassador as Cecilia Sala reportedly tells family she sleeps on floor of prison cell

Cecilia Sala has been under arrest in Iran for more than a week, Italy's foreign ministry says.

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After Guardian reporting, foreign secretary looks at cases of thousands who need consular help each year

Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing.

Cecile Kohler is a French teacher and a unionist. She has always dreamed of visiting Iran. Last year, both Cecile and her partner, Jacques Paris visited Iran as tou…

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BackgroundThe taking and holding of hostages are internationally unlawful acts and depending on the context, may also constitute torture and/or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmen...