4 May 1988

✍Last French hostages released

Beirut & suburbs#Western hostages 1982–1991 #State, elections & cabinets

PartiesIslamic Jihad & the hostage-taking frontsFranceSyria / Syrian ArmyIran

On 4 May 1988 Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Marcel Carton and Marcel Fontaine were released after three years in captivity, in a French–Iranian settlement on the eve of the French elections; it ended the French hostage crisis.

▲ French diplomats Carton and Fontaine kidnapped Mitterrand pardons Anis Naccache and his comrades ▼

Cause

French diplomats Carton and Fontaine kidnapped Michel Seurat and Jean-Paul Kauffmann kidnapped

Leads to

Mitterrand pardons Anis Naccache and his comrades

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