(FILES) A woman, holding a photograph of French teacher Cecile Kohler, detained in Iran since May 2022 along with her partner Jacques Paris, takes part in a rally at Place de la Republique in Paris on March 23, 2024, to support and ask for the release of the four French citizens held in Iran. France accused Iran of employing a policy of state hostage-taking and blackmail, as it called for the release of a French couple held in jail for the last two years, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Kiran RIDLEY / AFP)