was “at risk of execution in retaliation” for Sweden’s conviction of Nouri. Last year, the United States and Iran freed 10 people in a prisoner swap. Five Americans, including dual national ...

with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran released two Swedes being held there. The prisoner swap was mediated by Oman, ...

Floderus was arrested in 2022 as he was preparing to leave Iran with his friends. Azizi was detained in November 2023 and later sentenced to five years in prison. The prisoner swap was mediated by ...

Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man in exchange for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes ...

Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw ... Last year, Oman helped mediate a swap deal between Iran and the United States, as well as facilitating the release of six ...

June 15 (UPI) --Sweden on Saturday released an Iranian convicted of war crimes as part of a prisoner swap between ... in a statement announcing the swap, accused Iran of using Floderus and Azizi ...

The prisoner swap also won’t help the thousands of Iranians who are unjustly and often brutally detained by the government. For Iran, getting Nouri back from Sweden is a major coup. Nouri was a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden agreed Saturday to a prisoner swap, freeing Hamid Nouri, convicted of war crimes by Sweden over mass 1988 executions in the Islamic Republic ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden agree to a prisoner swap freeing Hamid Nouri, convicted of war crimes by Sweden over 1988 executions. Xi was unusually frank in spelling out ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Sweden have agreed to a prisoner swap freeing Hamid Nouri, convicted of war crimes by Sweden over 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic.