PARIS – The families of two French nationals detained in Iran for more than three years said their loved ones have reached “the limit of what they can endure” following a report that an Iranian court sentenced them to decades in prison on spying charges.

Relatives of Cécile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, said during a Paris news conference Thursday that they received a rare phone call Tuesday in which both detainees described their despair.

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“For the first time, they told us clearly that they can’t take any more,” said Kohler’s sister, Noémie Kohler. “A few more weeks are beyond their strength.”

Paris’s daughter, Anne-Laure, quoted her father: “I stare death in the face. It’s not possible anymore.”

On Tuesday, Iran’s judiciary outlet Mizan said a Revolutionary

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