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Sweden has seen a series of public burnings of the Islamic holy book. Stockholm has voiced condemnation but said it cannot stop acts protected under laws on free expression.
Iran’s foreign minister urged the release of Hamid Noury who was convicted of mass executions, but did not mention Swedish nationals incarcerated in Iran who include the EU diplomat Johan Floderus.
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed the Koran issue with his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the foreign ministry said
The EU is still trying to rekindle the nuclear deal—for now.
Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among prisoners to be swapped in deal involving unfreezing of Iranian oil money