Sweden demands immediate release of EU employee jailed in Iran

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Stockhlom (Reuters) – Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday the Nordic country demanded that Iran immediately release Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus from prison.

Kristersson told a news conference Floderus, who was arrested in Iran 2022, was arbitrarily detained.

Iran on Sunday said it had begun a trial of the Swedish national, charged with spying for Israel and “corruption on earth,” a crime that carries the death penalty.

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