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Iranian 1988 war mass executioner jailed after being ‘lured to Sweden in sightseeing sting’

Iranian prison official Hamid Noury (L) and attorney Thomas Soderqvist during the war crime trial against Noury who is being questioned in Stockholm District Court, Stockholm

(Picture: TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Ima)

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the late 80s Iran-Iraq war after being convicted of grave war crimes and murder.

Hamid Noury is set to spend a minimum of 20 years behind bars in Sweden after Swedish news agency TT said he was lured to Sweden, believing he would go sightseeing, meet women and attend parties.

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