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Activists File Torture Complaint Against Iranian Held In France

Activists said Thursday they were filing a torture complaint against an Iranian citizen held in France who was reportedly a former senior figure in state television in the Islamic republic.

International Business Times

Human rights activists file torture complaint against Iranian held in France

Activists said Thursday they were filing a torture complaint against an Iranian citizen held in France who was reportedly a former senior figure in state television in the Islamic republic.

France 24

'In Seventh Heaven', Says Swede Freed In Iran Prisoner Swap

A Swede freed in a prisoner swap with Iran, 33-year-old EU diplomat Johan Floderus, said in his first words since his release that he was "in seventh heaven", in a video published Sunday.

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Sweden frees former Iranian official jailed for war crimes in prisoner swap

Hamid Noury was serving life sentence over suspected role in mass execution at Iranian prison in 1988

The Independent UK

Activists, Exiled Opposition Slam Sweden's 'Shameful' Freeing Of Iranian Ex-official

An exiled Iranian opposition group and activists on Saturday slammed as shameful Sweden's freeing in an apparent swap for two Swedes of a former Iranian official jailed over his role in the mass executions of dissidents in 1988.

International Business Times

Iran, Sweden Free Prisoners In Oman-mediated Swap

Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw a former Iranian official released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union diplomat and a second Swede.

International Business Times

Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus freed from Iranian jail in prisoner swap

Iranian-Swedish citizen Saeed Azizi also exchanged for Hamid Noury, who was serving life in Sweden for role in death of political prisoners

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Sweden And Iran Conduct Prisoner Exchange Mediated By Oman

Prisoner exchange between Sweden and Iran facilitated by Oman, involving the release of individuals held in each country. The exchange included a former Ir...

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Iran Wraps Up Trial Of Swedish EU Diplomat

The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for Iran's arch-foe, Israel.

International Business Times

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

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.

International Business Times

Iran Recalls Ambassador to Sweden Over Court Decision

Iran's foreign ministry recalled its ambassador from Sweden after an Iranian citizen was sentenced to life by a Swedish court for committing war crimes and murder during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Iran’s state TV reported Thursday. The report quoted ministry spokesman Naser Kanani as saying the ambassador took…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran recalls its envoy to Sweden in protest against ex-official's verdict

Iran has recalled its ambassador to Sweden in protest against a Swedish court's life time in prison sentence for a former Iranian official for involvement in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 in the Islamic Republic.

Reuters

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

Daily Mirror

Iran's envoy protests Swedish war crime verdict for Iranian

Iran's ambassador to Sweden has met with a Swedish Foreign Ministry official to protest the sentencing of an Iranian citizen to life by a Swedish court

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Reuters

Iranian foreign ministry summons Swedish envoy over court verdict against former official

The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran on Thursday and handed him a note of protest over a Swedish court sentence against the former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam reported.

Evening Standard

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

Hamid Noury is set to spend a minimum of 20 years behind bars in Sweden

Daily Mirror

Iranian leader oversaw brutal mass executions with guards told to 'kill them quickly'

One survivor told Amnesty they saw numerous bodies strewn on the ground in a section of the prison where there were 12 chairs with 12 ropes hanging above them in Iran

Al Jazeera

Sweden hands life sentence to ex-Iranian official over 1988 purge

Hamid Noury is convicted of committing war crimes and murder while working as an assistant to the deputy prosecutor.

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Swedish court convicts Iranian ex-official over 1988 prison executions

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for participating in the execution of political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s.

The Independent UK

Sweden: Verdict expected as Iranian tried for 1980s crimes

A Swedish court is expected to give a verdict in the trial of an Iranian citizen accused of murder and other war crimes during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s

Asharq Al-Awsat

Verdict Due for Iranian Ex-official in Sweden War Crimes Trial

A Swedish court will on Thursday render its verdict in the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official accused of war crimes during a 1988 purge of dissidents. The proceedings marked the first time an Iranian official has gone on trial for the mass executions, AFP said. The…

Reuters

Swedish court sentences ex-Iranian official to life for torture, murder

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Judiciary Rules Out Swap for Condemned Iranian-Swedish Man

Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian disaster medicine researcher arrested by Iran, will be executed without a possibility of exchange with an Iranian national tried in Sweden, Iran's judiciary spokesperson said on Tuesday. "Djalali has been sentenced to death on several charges and the verdict is final. The sentence will be carried…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Swedish Man Detained in Iran as Relations Deteriorate

A Swedish man has been detained in Iran, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Friday, just days after it advised against unnecessary travel to Iran, citing a deteriorating security situation. Relations between Sweden and Iran are tense after Sweden detained and put on trial a former Iranian official on charges…

Reuters

Swedish man detained in Iran as relations sour over war crimes trial

A Swedish man has been detained in Iran, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Friday, just days after it advised against unnecessary travel to Iran, citing a deteriorating security situation.

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