Sweden frees convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury, government official says on X
Sweden has freed convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's top human rights official Kazem Gharib Abadi said on X on Saturday. He said Noury, who had been convicted for his part in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, will be back in Iran in a few hours.
A Swedish foreign ministry spokesperson had no immediate comment on the reports.
Separately, the Swedish prime minister announced that Iran detainees Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi were on a plane back to Sweden. (dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com)
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