At the end of his plea, Nabil Boudi, the lawyer for Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian translator who tried to advocate terrorism, provoking acts of terror, racist insults and criminal associations, asked: ‘Are we going to see Sayna again? [le deuxième prénom de Mme Esfandiari] ? ». To answer right away: “It’s clear we won’t see her again.”
Without insulting the court, Mme Esfandiari and four other defendants since Tuesday, January 13, and will hold their deliberations on February 26, on the fate of this Iranian woman, who is at the center of issues that go beyond her, just like the 16e criminal chamber, seems sealed: she must be sentenced without returning to prison after the eight months of pre-trial detention she has already served in 2025, and then handed over to the Iranian authorities as part of a likely permanent ban on French territory demanded by the prosecutor in addition to her one-year prison sentence – in fact four, three of which are conditional.
His arrival on Iranian territory could then facilitate the departure from Iran of the French Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler, who were imprisoned in Iran in May 2022 and then released in early November 2025, but were not allowed to leave the country after being sentenced to heavy sentences for spying for Israel.
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