Iran has released a 19-year-old Franco-German national days after throwing out spying charges against him, France’s foreign minister told AFP on Wednesday.

Lennart Monterlos is the latest French national to be released from Iranian detention this year, even as others remain in custody.

“Lennart Monterlos is free,” said Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, with sources close to the case saying the young man would travel to France on Thursday.

Monterlos was arrested on June 16 in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, on the third day of the brief war between Iran and Israel.

The sports and travel enthusiast had been cycling alone across Iran on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip.

Iran’s judiciary announced the espionage accusations against Monterlos would be dropped on Monday.

He had been released

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