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Hamid Noury

Anger over Noury's release

The 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.

Anger over Noury's release

Iran Expert: Sweden Has Played Its Cards

A 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.

Iran Expert: Sweden Has Played Its Cards

Floderus and Azizi reunited with their families

Johan 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.

Floderus and Azizi reunited with their families

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

He 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.

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president