Judiciary Spokesman: Swedish National Jailed in Iran for Crimes

Date: 12 September 2023 - 22:28

News ID: ۱۱۹۳۲۴

TEHRAN – The spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary Masoud Setayeshi said on Tuesday that a Swedish citizen has been imprisoned in Iran for committing crimes.

Speaking at a press conference, Setayeshi said the Swedish national has faced charges of committing crimes in Iran.

He noted that a preliminary inquiry has been made about the charges and the Swedish citizen has been sent to prison after legal prosecution.

It appears that the investigations are being finalized and the case will come to the court in coming days, the spokesman added.

Setayeshi stated that the Iranian Judiciary is absolutely serious when it comes to the security of the Iranian citizens and acts fairly, carefully, and mightily against anybody disrupting the security of the Iranian people.

Sweden and the European Union Commission said last week that a Swedish national was being detained in Iran. Sweden said Johan Floderus was detained in April 2022 for what his family said was alleged spying.

And also on Tuesday, a legal hearing session was held in the Iranian capital Tehran for the ringleader of the Tondar terrorist group, with 120 petitioners against the United States government for its support of the group’s terrorist activities.

Justice Husseinzadeh, who presided over the meeting, said the session was held to shed light on the charges against death row convict Jamshid Sharmahd, who planned and orchestrated terrorist acts against the Islamic Republic, including a 2008 attack against a religious congregation center in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, which killed 14 people and wounded hundreds.

Upon his arrest, Sharmahd admitted to providing explosives for the bombing attack in the targeted mosque in Shiraz.
The lawyer for the victims’ families slammed the U.S. for supporting Tondar (Thunder), adding Iran’s calls on the Interpol to dismantle the terrorist outfit have been ignored several times.
Another lawyer of the case clarified that members of the terrorist group, in a separate scheme, were involved in making bombs in a hotel in Tehran last year to target the Book Exhibition, that draws millions of visitors, but the hotel was set ablaze.
The lawyer added Washington pays exorbitant amounts for the terrorist acts in all stages of the operations.
The 67-year-old Sharmahd was handed a death sentence for his terrorist activities, including for working with US intelligence to spy on Iran’s ballistic missile program.