Swedish Jailors Subject Nouri to New Torture
TEHRAN – Iranian national Hamid Nouri, illegally incarcerated by the Swedish government for over three years, has recently been subjected to new torture methods.
According to IRNA, Swedish prison authorities have recently transferred a citizen of Eritrea, suffering from severe mental disorders, to Nouri’s cell.
Nouri has told his lawyers that the prison authorities usually transfer a person to his cell just before his trial sessions as a pretext to confiscate his belongings, including his notes that are needed for the court.
Meanwhile, interpreters use vulgar language, curse at him, and insult his beliefs, instead of conveying messages from his family to him.
Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official, was detained upon arrival at Stockholm Airport in November 2019. He was put on trial on trumped-up charges made by the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), which has been designated by Iran and many other countries as a terrorist group.
A Swedish court sentenced Nouri to life imprisonment on charges of acting as a jail guard while MKO members were in prison.
His case is in the appeal stage, and the twelfth appeal session was to be held on Monday.