Iran

Swedish PM Demands Immediate Release of EU Employee Jailed in Iran

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Monday called for the early release of Johan Floderus, a Swedish European Union worker jailed in Iran. Floderus arrested in Iran in 2022. Iran announced on Sunday that it had opened the trial against the Swedish citizen, accusing him of spying for Israel and “corruption on Earth,” a crime punishable by death. “He is detained in an absolutely arbitrary manner,” Kristersson told a news conference. “We call for his prompt release. “

Swedish PM Demands Immediate Release of EU Employee Jailed in Iran Read More »

Iran Vows to Punish Perpetrators of Deadly Attack on Police in Balochistan

Iran’s intelligence and interior ministries pledged Monday to hold accountable the perpetrators of last week’s fatal attack on the Rask police station in Sistan and Balochistan province. The attack on Fridya was claimed by “Jaish al-Adl”. Iranian police officers were killed and eight more people were seriously injured. Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said on Monday that security agencies would bring the perpetrators to justice.

Iran Vows to Punish Perpetrators of Deadly Attack on Police in Balochistan Read More »

Iran executes ‘Mossad agent’ in Sistan and Balochistan

Iran on Saturday executed a man who was sentenced to death after being convicted of working with Israel’s intelligence services, the judiciary said. “The death sentence was carried out this morning against a spy of the Zionist regime in Zahedan prison” in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said. According to AFP, it did not identify the man but said he had been convicted of “intelligence cooperation and espionage for the benefit for the hostile Zionist regime (Israel)”.

Iran executes ‘Mossad agent’ in Sistan and Balochistan Read More »