Iran released an E.U. diplomat from Sweden and a dual Iranian-Swedish national, while Sweden released a former Iranian judiciary official serving a life sentence for war crimes.

Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran ...

Iran and Sweden to swap prisoners, including convicted war criminal by Yash Roy - 06/15/24 4:51 PM ET. ... The prisoner swap was mediated by Oman, according to a post from its Foreign Ministry.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 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 ...

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, in exchange for two men held by Tehran.

International human rights groups and activists have strongly condemned a prisoner exchange between Sweden and Iran that involved Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian prison official convicted in the ...

June 15 (UPI) --Sweden on Saturday released an Iranian convicted of war crimes as part of a prisoner swap between the two countries.Hamid Noury, who was arrested in Sweden in 2019 and sentenced to ...

Life Swede freed in Iran prisoner swap gets a ‘yes’ from boyfriend. A Swedish man freed in a rare prisoner swap with Iran proposed marriage to his boyfriend just minutes after his return home.

News; Nation/World; Sweden, Iran exchange prisoners in breakthrough swap June 15, 2024 Updated Sat., June 15, 2024 at 6:05 p.m. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson delivers a speech during the ...

Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the 1980s while Iran ...