Sweden citizen was taken into custody in Iran on suspicion of espionage. According to the Ministry of Information and National Security of the country, the identity of this person is established, and he was detained.
The suspect made trips to the Palestinian territories in the past, visited non-tourist places in Iran and established contacts with persons under supervision, reported on Saturday IRNA, saying that Sweden was accused of “proxy-spying” in favor of Israel.
Sweden Foreign Ministry told Agency France-Presse that this is an “already famous case” that the department is working on. The Foreign Ministry announced the arrest in Iran of a certain 30-year-old Swede back in May.
Deutsche Welle notes that the relations of Tehran and Stockholm aggravated in mid -July after Sweden detained and betrayed the former head of the Iranian prison Hamida on charges of participating in the mass executions of political prisoners. He was sentenced by the Stockholm court to life imprisonment. Iran called the verdict “politically motivated” and demanded the release of Nuri. A few days later, Tehran announced the recall of his ambassador in Sweden “for consultations.” In Iran, the Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadzra Jalali was imprisoned. In 2017, he was sentenced to death for espionage and is currently awaiting the execution of the sentence.