A Swedish court has sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his role in a massacre of prisoners in Tehran nearly 35 years ago, in a case certain to have broad international ramifications.
Hamid Nouri, a 61-year-old former Iranian judiciary official, has been accused of participating in the executions of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988. He was convicted in Stockholm District Court on Thursday on a charge of crimes against international law following a months-long trial.
