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How Sweden Could Secure Ahmadreza Djalali's Release from Iran

They used to take walks together, in the small rest area that exists in the Evin Prison in Tehran. Siamak Namazi was released in 2023.

How Sweden Could Secure Ahmadreza Djalali's Release from Iran

Former Iranian Hostages Urge Sweden to Swap Medical Aid for Djalali

Sweden should export medical equipment that Iran needs in exchange for Swedish-Iranian Ahmadreza Djalali, who is imprisoned in Tehran. This is suggested by 21 people who were previously imprisoned in an open letter to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party).

Former Iranian Hostages Urge Sweden to Swap Medical Aid for Djalali

Ahmadreza Djalali Suffers Heart Attack in Iranian Prison, Life at Risk

The imprisoned Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has had a heart attack, according to his wife Vida Mehrannia and lawyer Nima Rostami. Djalali, who was arrested in Iran in 2016 and is sentenced to death accused of espionage, is to be alive.

Ahmadreza Djalali Suffers Heart Attack in Iranian Prison, Life at Risk

Kristersson Criticizes Lack of Iran Travel Warning Before Flodérus Arrest

Despite the previous Social Democratic government having received clear warnings, no travel advisory for Iran had been issued when Johan Flodérus was imprisoned. This is stated by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party) in an inquiry in the Constitutional Committee.

Kristersson Criticizes Lack of Iran Travel Warning Before Flodérus Arrest

Swedish-Iranian Researcher Ahmadreza Djalali Near Breaking Point in Iranian Prison

For nine years, the Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has been imprisoned in Iran. His health has deteriorated severely over the years due to what he describes as torture-like conditions.

Swedish-Iranian Researcher Ahmadreza Djalali Near Breaking Point in Iranian Prison

Kristersson Faces Constitutional Committee Over Climate Policy Concerns

Has Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) breached the Instrument of Government by providing "misleading" information about climate policy? This is one of the questions when Kristersson is questioned today in the Riksdag's Constitutional Committee (KU). .

Kristersson Faces Constitutional Committee Over Climate Policy Concerns

Iranian Judge Linked to 1988 Executions Dies at 70

Iran's former deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court, Hossein Ali Nayeri, has passed away, according to Iranian state media. Nayeri was a key figure in the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, for which a Swedish court sentenced Hamid Noury for involvement in.

Iranian Judge Linked to 1988 Executions Dies at 70

Iran's Ambassador Summoned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs over Djalali's Health

Iran's ambassador has been "urgently" summoned to the Foreign Ministry since receiving information that the health of the death-sentenced Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has deteriorated. .

Iran's Ambassador Summoned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs over Djalali's Health

Judges Shot Dead in Iran – One Was Noury's Chief

Two high-ranking judges are reported to have been shot dead at Iran's highest court in Tehran. Both have been accused of a bloody past.

Judges Shot Dead in Iran – One Was Noury's Chief

Djalali: I am helplessly left behind

When Swedes Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi were released in exchange for Hamid Noury, who was convicted of war crimes, Ahmadreza Djalali was left behind in an Iranian prison. "I am still helplessly left behind with a constant risk of being executed," he says to SVT News in an audio recording.

Djalali: I am helplessly left behind

Iranian man arrested in Italy has been released

An Iranian man who was arrested in Italy, suspected of having delivered drone equipment to Iran's military, has been acquitted and flown home to Tehran. The news comes just days after an Italian journalist arrested in Iran was released.

Iranian man arrested in Italy has been released

Iran: Thousands of Prisoners Reportedly Pardoned

Thousands of prisoners are being pardoned in Iran, reports the country's controlled media. .

Iran: Thousands of Prisoners Reportedly Pardoned

Fewer Cyber Attacks After NATO Membership

The number of cyber attacks and influence campaigns directed at Sweden has decreased after joining Nato. This assessment is made by several security experts who have spoken to Sweden Radio Ekot.

Fewer Cyber Attacks After NATO Membership

Floderus: Realized I couldn't live on hope

The Swede Johan Floderus was arrested in Iran accused of espionage and threatened with the death penalty. After 790 days in captivity, of which over 250 in solitary confinement, he is back in Sweden.

Floderus: Realized I couldn't live on hope

Djalali's Wife Meets Billström: Crushed

Two Swedes were acquitted, but researcher Ahmadreza Djalali remained in prison in Iran. Today, his wife Vida Mehrannia met Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M).

Djalali's Wife Meets Billström: Crushed

Floderus on the first time in freedom: It feels really real

790 days Johan Floderus was imprisoned in Iran before he got to go home to Sweden again in the middle of June. Everyone asks if it doesn't feel unreal.

Floderus on the first time in freedom: It feels really real

Djalali to Kristersson: You left me helpless

The Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali turns directly to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M). Mr Prime Minister, you decided to leave me behind with a great risk of being executed.

Djalali to Kristersson: You left me helpless

Floderus proposes to boyfriend at Arlanda

"After two long years, I am finally a free man. " That's what Johan Floderus says in a statement from the family, a couple of days after the highly publicised prisoner exchange.

Floderus proposes to boyfriend at Arlanda

Lured into the Trap: Catastrophe that He Was Released

In promises of parties, women, and a Finnish cruise, he managed to lure executioner Hamid Noury to Sweden and get him convicted. Now Hamid Noury is a free man – exchanged for two Swedish citizens.

Lured into the Trap: Catastrophe that He Was Released

Unique Prisoner Exchange - This is the Background

Sweden has never before carried out an international prisoner exchange. This is the background to the exchange between the life-sentenced Hamid Noury and the captured Swedes Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi.

Unique Prisoner Exchange - This is the Background

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

From murderers and war criminals to wrongly convicted. The Iranian version of Saturday's prisoner exchange is a reversed mirror image of the Swedish one.

Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence

The Floderus Family: "We Are with Johan"

Johan Floderus has been reunited with his family after the Iranian imprisonment. "We are with Johan and close friends and family.

The Floderus Family: "We Are with Johan"

Kristersson on the criticism: "The avenues were exhausted"

Conversations over a long time without result. According to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, it was a reason for the government to decide to release Hamid Noury in exchange for Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi.

Kristersson on the criticism: "The avenues were exhausted"

Major Prisoner Exchange Sparks International Outrage

Saturday's prisoner exchange between Iran and Sweden echoed internationally. A number of major media outlets reported on the Swedes' homecoming and the criticism the exchange has received.

Major Prisoner Exchange Sparks International Outrage