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Iran's foreign ministry summoned on Wednesday Sweden's charge d'affaires to protest the life sentence handed down to a former Iranian prison official over mass executions in 1988. On Tuesday, a Swedish appeals court upheld the jail term handed down against Hamid Noury, 62, in July last year "for grave breaches of international humanitarian law and…

Three minutes read The recent verdict in the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official implicated in the 1988 massacre of political

A Swedish appeals court has upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. In 2022, the Stockholm District Court ruling found Hamid Noury guilty of murder and serious crimes against international law, drawing strong criticism from Iran, which said the verdict was politically motivated.

Iran’s Judiciary says a Swedish court’s verdict against Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian Judiciary official who has been illegally imprisoned in Sweden, is unfair and that no ruling but the exoneration of the 62-year-old will be acceptable.

On Wednesday, December 19, the Swedish Court of Appeal upheld the life imprisonment sentence for Hamid Nouri, who was accused of involvement in the mass execution of political prisoners in the 1980s.