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Former Iranian Hostages Urge Sweden to Swap Medical Aid for Djalali
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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)
Iranian man arrested in Italy has been released
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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
Johan Floderus writes a book about his time in Iran
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Johan Floderus writes a book about his time in Iran

In 790 days, the Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus was imprisoned in Iran, accused of espionage. Now he is writing a book about the events
Billström denies rift: Good relationship
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Billström denies rift: Good relationship

Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) denies that a rift has arisen between him and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) and that this would have led to his resignation. He avoids answering whether he was offered the job as EU Commissioner
Floderus: Realized I couldn't live on hope
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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
Djalali's Wife Meets Billström: Crushed
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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)
Floderus on the first time in freedom: It feels really real
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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
Djalali to Kristersson: You left me helpless
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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
Floderus proposes to boyfriend at Arlanda
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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's Dad: "The Nightmare is Finally Over"
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Floderus's Dad: "The Nightmare is Finally Over"

Unique Prisoner Exchange - This is the Background
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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
Azizi: Hope Made Me Believe in Freedom
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Azizi: Hope Made Me Believe in Freedom

Saeed Azizi is back home in Sweden again after being released from an Iranian prison. Now he tells Expressen about his time in captivity
Detail about Noury's release: Iran wants to silence
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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
The Floderus Family: "We Are with Johan"
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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
Kristersson on the criticism: "The avenues were exhausted"
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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
Major Prisoner Exchange Sparks International Outrage
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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
Imprisoned Swedish Researcher's Wife: Discrimination
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Imprisoned Swedish Researcher's Wife: Discrimination

Her 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
Anger over Noury's release
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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
Iran Expert: Sweden Has Played Its Cards
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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
Floderus and Azizi reunited with their families
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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
Iran releases French prisoner
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Iran releases French prisoner

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president
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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
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