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Appeal Verdict Due In Ex-Iran Official's Trial In Sweden

A courtroom sketch from shows Hamid Noury (l) and attorney Thomas Soderqvist during Noury's original war crime trial in Stockholm (Credit: AFP)

A Swedish appeals court will announce on Tuesday its verdict in the trial of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence in a lower court for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents.

The verdict could have repercussions on the fate of Swedish prisoners in Iran, including EU diplomat Johan Floderus who has been held for more than 600 days.

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