Iran summons Swedish envoy over sentence against former judicial official

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Sweden's charge d'affaires in Tehran to strongly protest the life sentence of a former Iranian judiciary official.

The Swedish envoy was summoned by Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, director general for Western Europe at the ministry, after a Swedish court on Tuesday upheld the life sentence against Hamid Nouri, who was arrested in 2019 in Sweden for alleged human rights violations, which were dismissed as "baseless" by the Iranian side , according to a statement from the ministry.

Ahmadabadi vehemently condemned the move against Nouri, saying the verdict allowed judicial mechanisms to be misused for the political goals of "toxic and destructive circles".

The Iranian official said his country was determined to follow up on the matter until "Nouri is freed from the grip of injustice," adding that the country reserves the right to take proportionate measures.

The Swedish charge d'affaires, for its part, gave assurances to convey Iran's protest to Stockholm as soon as possible.

Nouri was put on trial based on allegations by members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), which Iran designates as a "terrorist group".

The MKO accused Nouri of being involved in the execution and torture of its members in 1988.


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