That Hamid Noury is released from Swedish prison and sent to Iran is a "breach of the Swedish judicial system's sovereignty". This is the opinion of Ove Bring, professor emeritus of international law. This is an example of how the Swedish law enforcement is not allowed to function fully, he says.
SwedenHer husband Ahmadreza Djalali risks being executed in Iran at any moment. Despite this, no one contacted Vida Mehrannia when Sweden is now for the first time making a prisoner exchange to bring home other Swedes. The news came instead from her husband, over the phone from the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran.
SwedenThe news that lifer Hamid Noury has been released sparks outrage. We think it's bloody ridiculous, says lawyer Kenneth Lewis, who was a plaintiff's assistant during the trial against Hamid Noury.
SwedenA win for the Iranian regime and a defeat for Swedish diplomacy. So comments Arvin Khoshnood, Iran expert affiliated with Lund University, on the prisoner exchange.
SwedenJohan Floderus and Saeed Azizi, who have been imprisoned in Iran, landed on Saturday evening in Sweden. But a third Swede, Ahmadreza Djalali, was missing from the plane. Unfortunately, Iran refuses to acknowledge him as a Swedish citizen, says Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (The Moderate Party).
Swedish politicsHe was one of four men who decided who would live and who would die when thousands of political prisoners were executed in Iran in 1988 – an event that was tried in a Swedish court. Now Mostafa Pourmohammadi has been cleared to stand in the Iranian presidential election.
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