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Josep Borrell names prisoner as Johan Floderus, 33, held captive for over 500 days on spying allegations

Iran has repeatedly targeted foreigners and jailed them for espionage. The European Union confirmed that a Swedish diplomat working for the EU has been held in Iran for more than 500 days.

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A Swedish E.U. official has been imprisoned “illegally” in Iran for more than a year, the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday, marking…

Europe News: A Swedish citizen working for the European Union has been imprisoned in Iran for over 500 days. The arrest was part of Iran's "hostage diplomacy" stra

Case of Johan Floderus (33) ‘to be seen in the context of the growing number of arbitrary detentions involving EU citizens’

The case of Johan Floderus, kept under wraps for more than a year, has become part of Iran’s “hostage diplomacy” as Tehran seeks concessions from the West.

The man, Johan Floderus, 33, a native of Sweden, has held several positions in the EU’s institutions, coming up through its civil service traineeship program.

Man identified as Johan Floderus, a Swede working for the EU's diplomatic corps whom Tehran seemingly accused of spying for Israel

The announcement comes after The New York Times reported on the detention of an employee of the EU diplomatic corps.