About the Clotilde Reiss case - behind the scene analysis

Cable 09PARIS1097 French strategy on dealing with hostage situations in Iran - from exertion of diplomatic and political pressure to giving publicity to the cases - is detailed in a diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Paris. In other cables, the US suspects the French government to have released a high profile Iranian in exchange for Reiss freedom. The role of Syria in securing the woman’s release has been voluntarily overstated. Read the cable: http://213.251.145.96/cable/2009/08/09PARIS1097.html