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Iran said Tuesday that French couple Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, jailed since 2022, are “in good health”, denying recent claims their condition was worsening. “The two are… in good health, so any claim regarding their poor condition is denied,” judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir told reporters in Tehran, citing a report from the authorities. Kohler and Paris have been jailed in Iran since May 2022 on charges of espionage, a capital offence in the Islamic republic. In October 2022, Iran’s state television aired what it called “espionage confessions” by the two detainees. The French gove…