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In Iran, two French nationals were arrested, said Catherine Colonna, head of French diplomacy, to the daily "Le Parisien". Today, there are now seven French people who are detained in the prisons of the Islamic Republic. The Quai d'Orsay has since called on French people visiting Iran to "leave the country as soon as possible."
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Anti-French sentiment has sharply increased in Sahelian and North African countries, driven mostly by enduring animosity toward the contributions of Paris to the destabilization of parts of the Sahel through misguided and ill-fated military interventions. In Algeria and Morocco, French attempts to redefine relations have failed to convince enraged youths in both countries.
Sources of the Iranian Fars news agency say that the German embassy played a major role in exerting diplomatic pressure on Iran during the recent riots.