Votes on the prisoner exchange

Opposition network: Shameful that Noury ​​is released

The international exile Iranian opposition network, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, is sharply critical of Sweden exchanging Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi for life-sentenced Iranian Hamid Noury, AFP reports.

In a statement, the organization calls the exchange "shameful and unjustifiable".

"It is a mockery of the Swedish justice system," they continue.

Noury ​​is sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against international law. He was a key figure in the regime's executions of political prisoners at Evin Prison in Iran in 1988.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran is the political branch of the People's Mujahedin (MEK) organization. The organization was previously labeled a terrorist by the EU and the US.

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The prisoner exchange with Iran
Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi have landed - the government calls a press conference

Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi have landed in Sweden after the prisoner exchange with Iran, reports Expressen.

- I can confirm that they have landed, says Siri Steijer, press officer for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, to TT.

The aircraft landed at Arlanda at 21.20 on Saturday evening. It marked the end of 790 days of captivity in Iran for Swedish EU official Johan Floderus and just under a year for Saeed Azizi.

The government has called a press conference about the prisoner exchange at 10:30 p.m. In addition to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M), Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) and Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) also participate.