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Bernard Phelan reunited with family in Paris following release from Iranian prison
Phelan, who was detained for seven months, will spend time in French hospital to recover
The sister of Bernard Phelan, who was recently released from an Iranian prison, has described the “unbelievable moment” she greeted him off an aeroplane in Paris.
Phelan, a 64-year-old Irish-French national originally from Clonmel in Co Tipperary, was detained in a jail in north-east Iran for seven months.
Phelan and another French national, Benjamin Briere, who was in custody for two years, were released on humanitarian grounds at the end of last week and flown ...