Iranian foreign ministry summons Swedish envoy over Hamid Noury verdict
Iranian foreign ministry summons Swedish envoy over Hamid Noury verdict
Iran's foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran following the sentencing of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian official, by a Swedish court.
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Hamid Noury, 61, was convicted in Sweden of a 'serious crime against international law' [source: Getty]
The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran on Thursday and handed him a note of protest over a Swedish court sentence against the former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam reported.
A Swedish court sentenced Noury to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.
Noury, 61, was convicted of a "serious crime against international law" and "murder", the Stockholm district court said in a statement.
According to the prosecution, Noury was an assistant prosecutor in a prison near Tehran at the time of the events.
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