Tehran condemns Swedish courts ruling against Iranian citizen
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Wed / 20 December 2023 / 11:19
Tehran considers the verdict issued by the initial and appellate courts against Hamid Nouri to be fundamentally unacceptable and therefore strongly condemns it.
Tehran-ISNA- In response to the Swedish court's ruling against Hamid Nouri, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, stated: "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the verdict issued by the initial and appellate courts against Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen, to be fundamentally unacceptable and therefore strongly condemns it."
Kanaani expressed: "It is regrettable that the Swedish court, without considering the standards of a fair trial, has chosen to pronounce such a destructive judgment."
The Stockholm Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a controversial life sentence for 62-year-old Nouri, who was arrested in 2019 under unfounded allegations of rights abuse and for what was claimed to be his alleged role in the death of prisoners in Iran in the 1980s.
Kanaani remarked: "Unfortunately, the Swedish judicial system, by aligning with terrorist groups involved in heinous acts against the people of Iran, Iraq, and even Europe for decades, jeopardizes the interests of both nations and the long-standing, historical relations between the two countries."
He emphasized: "The Islamic Republic of Iran, in fulfilling its inherent duties to defend the rights of its citizens, has utilized all legal capacities and resources to liberate the citizen in question from injustice and will persist in its efforts until the complete realization of the rights of its citizens."
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs underscored: "The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its right to take appropriate measures
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