Swedish PM Demands Immediate Release of EU Employee Jailed in Iran
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday demanded the immediate release of Swedish European Union employee Johan Floderus from prison in Iran. Floderus was arrested in Iran in 2022. Iran said on Sunday it had begun a trial of the Swedish national, having charged him with spying for Israel and "corruption on earth," a crime that carries the death penalty. "He is entirely arbitrarily detained," Kristersson told a press conference. "We demand his immediate release."