Stenergard spoke with Iran's vice foreign minister on Tuesday. Thereafter, Djalali's case has been discussed in "high-level contacts" in connection with this week's NATO summit in The Hague, continues the foreign minister, without going further into what it means.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party) has previously said that he spoke with an unnamed prime minister at the meeting, whom he believes can "speak for us in relation to Iran".
"As I have said, the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali's sentence would have very serious consequences", says Stenergard without answering the question of what the consequences will be.
No details
She does not want to comment on what the government is concretely doing to prevent an execution either.
"The measures and contacts that are considered best for the case right now will continue to be taken. We do not go into more details about the government's work with Ahmadreza Djalali's case, as this risks worsening his situation".
The Swedish-Iranian researcher has been sentenced to death for nine years in Evin prison in Tehran, accused of spying for Israel's sake. He has now been moved from his fellow prisoners to an unknown location, said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam at Norway-based Iran Human Rights, which monitors executions in Iran, to TT on Wednesday.
"Great danger"
The prisoners at Evin prison were moved after the facility was attacked by Israel this week. But according to Amiry-Moghaddam, there were plans to move Djalali already before.
In Iran, prisoners are often moved from their facility before they are executed. On Wednesday, Iran announced that it had executed three men accused of spying for Israel. Since the war between Iran and Israel broke out, human rights organizations have warned that Djalali is also at increased risk of being executed.
He is in great danger, he said to TT on Wednesday.
