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I endured Evin, Iran’s most notorious jail. I can’t understand how Sweden can leave its citizen to die there

I’m overjoyed two Swedes were released as part of a swap deal – but to leave another behind on death row is unconscionable, says businessman and former hostage Siamak Namazi

The Guardian - UK

A Swedish diplomat says his release from a 2-year detention in Iran is like a dream

The Swedish European Union diplomat who was held in Iran for two years and freed in a prisoner swap over the weekend says his release was “the dream that I sometimes did not dare to believe in

The Independent UK

Iran And Sweden Conduct Prisoner Swap After Diplomat Detentions

Iran and Sweden engaged in a prisoner swap involving a diplomat and a convicted individual, mediated by Oman, shedding light on Iran's use of detainees for...

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Iran, Sweden exchange prisoners in Omani-mediated deal

Former Iranian official Hamid Nouri released in exchange for Swedish citizens Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi.

Al Jazeera

‘I want to unleash rage’: Iranian exile Shirin Neshat on her film about veils, prison and rape

The artist is returning to the inflammatory approach that caused a storm in the 1990s – with a harrowing film about a woman the Iranian authorities try to crush (warning: images contain nudity)

The Guardian - UK

Iran says Swedish national arrested on spying charges

The arrest comes amid increasing tensions between Tehran and Stockholm.

Al Jazeera

British Iranians who survived massacre open up about horror after 34 years

Ahmad Ebrahimi and his wife Farzaneh fled Iran more than 20 years ago after being almost killed in the massacre at the Gohardasht prison near Tehran

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Iran regime official jailed for life in Sweden for role in 1988 prisoner massacres

“It is a historic day”: First time ever an Iranian official has been tried and sentenced for infamous 1988 killings

The Independent UK

Iran state media says diplomat jailed with insufficient evidence

State media says Belgium has sentenced Asadollah Assadi to a 20-year prison sentence in a politicised case.

Al Jazeera

Wife of Swedish Man Detained in Iran Fears her Husband Will be Executed Soon

The wife of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmedreza Djalali, convicted of espionage in Iran and sentenced to death, said she fears her husband will be soon executed, pleading for stronger action from the European Union. Vida Mehrannia told AFP in an interview from Stockholm that she fears that unless the EU were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Calls on Tehran to Halt Imminent Execution of Dual Iranian-Swedish Doctor

The UN human rights office has urged Iran to halt the execution order of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and reverse his death sentence. "We are deeply alarmed by the imminent execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran of Swedish-Iranian doctor, and academic Ahmedreza Djalali," UN rights office spokeswoman Liz Throssell…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran arrests French couple and threatens to execute Swedish-Iranian

Cécile Kohler and her husband held after holiday, while threat to kill scientist seen as reprisal for Swedish war crimes trial

The Guardian - UK

EXPLAINER: Who's the Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran

Iran is scheduled to put to death a 50-year-old Swedish-Iranian physician within nine days

The Independent UK

Iranian-Swedish Tensions Rise over Trial of 1988 Mass Executions Jailer

Swedish-Iranian national Ahmad Reza Jalali is to be executed on May 21 at the latest, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing sources. Jalali, a disaster medicine doctor and researcher, was arrested in 2016 on an academic visit to Iran and sentenced to death on charges of espionage…

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Iran summons Swedish envoy over ‘illegal’ trial of ex-official

Tehran has called the trial of Hamid Nouri, who is accused of involvement in prisoner executions, politically motivated.

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