TEHRAN -- A former Iranian official, wrongfully accused and jailed in Sweden, has been held incommunicado for almost a month, his relatives say.
The Iranian judiciary’s public department cited Hamid Nouri’s family members as saying that he has not been able to contact them for 28 days now.
The Swedish judiciary has reportedly cut off communication with his family after relocating him to another detention center, leading to serious concerns among his family in Iran.
Nouri was arrested upon arrival in Sweden at Stockholm Airport in November 2019 and immediately imprisoned. He has been held in solitary confinement for over two years.
Swedish prosecutors have requested the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for Nouri, accusing the former Iranian judiciary official of prisoner abuse.
The charges against Nouri stem from accusations leveled against him by members of the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), who claim Nouri was involved in the execution and torture of MKO members in 1988. Nouri vehemently rejects the allegations.
Reports say Swedish judicial authorities have been preventing Nouri from contacting his family since moving him to a different detention center.
Upon arrest, he was forbidden for around eight months from making phone calls to his family members, and barred from meeting them in person for two years.