A French court was to rule Thursday in the trial of an Iranian accused of “promoting and inciting terrorism,” a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held in Iran.Mahdieh Esfandiari, 39, was arrested in France last year over comments she is accused of having made on social media, including on Palestinian militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Prosecutors in the case have called for a four-year prison sentence, of which three would be suspended.If convicted, some observers see her as a potential bargaining chip in negotiations with Tehran for the release of French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who are still waiting to leave Iran.“They are well. They are safe,” foreign ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux told AFP on Wednesday.The outcome of the trial is eagerly awaited by the relatives of Kohler and Paris as tensions rage over Iran’s nuclear