The family of a 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist arrested in Iran while on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip has said he is "innocent" and demanded proof he was alive from Iranian authorities.

A U.N. official says the pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems.

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Iran says it detained an 18-year-old Franco-German tourist who was on a bicycle tour of the world for an unspecified crime.

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An 18-year-old French-German cyclist missing in Iran since mid-June has been in custody there, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday. "He was arrested for committing a crime, and an ...

If we often strongly advise against travelling to certain countries, it is precisely so as not to find ourselves at risk’, ...

June, France’s minister for citizens abroad said Monday, calling the disappearance “worrying.” French media said the man, ...

June, France's minister responsible for the country's residents abroad said on Monday, adding that Paris had no details on ...

The French Foreign Ministry has reiterated warnings over travelling to Iran after an 18-year-old tourist on a cycling trip in the country went missing, describing his disappearance as "worrying".

They include professors, musicians, students, dissidents, poets, former political prisoners, members of Iran’s religious and ethnic minorities and grieving parents of slain protesters.

Human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi warns that the Iranian government is using the aftermath of its war with Israel to escalate repression against its own citizens.