TEHRAN -- Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has urged Sweden to respect the “basic rights” of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national who has been wrongfully jailed and convicted by Stockholm.
Meeting with Swedish Ambassador to Tehran Mattias Lentz, the minister demanded that Stockholm allow Nouri to exercise his rights to seeking medical assistance and facilitate his calls with his next of kin.
Nouri was arrested upon arrival in Sweden at Stockholm Airport in November 2019 and was immediately imprisoned.
His accusers, who are members of the anti-Iran terrorist cult of Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), have alleged that Nouri was involved in the execution and torture of MKO members in 1988. Nouri has vehemently rejected the allegation.
The spokesman with the Iranian foreign ministry has strongly condemned a Swedish court’s ruling against Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri as unacceptable and politically-motivated.
Nouri is currently in solitary confinement, and has been denied the right to legal representation and selecting witnesses as well as being forbidden from either meeting with or contacting his family members and seeking medical care.
Amir-Abdollahian called Nouri’s trial and conviction illegal and unacceptable, urging that the Iranian national be fully stripped of his convictions and immediately released.
For his part, the Swedish diplomat vowed to inform his respective government about the issue. He said his country’s policy towards the Islamic Republic was that of continuation of consultations between the two sides for the purpose of enhancement of bilateral relations.