Sweden’s prime minister said Iran and Sweden had made a major breakthrough by exchanging prisoners on Saturday.
The Swedish Prime Minister said Iran released Johan Floderus, a Swedish national and EU diplomat arrested in Tehran in April 2022, and Saeed Azizi, a dual national.
“I am pleased to announce that Johan Froderus and Said Aziz have now flown back to Sweden and will be reunited with their families soon,” said Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. explain On social media.
In exchange, Sweden released Hamid Noury, a senior Iranian official who had been sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court for war crimes committed in Iran in 1988.
The exchange was coordinated with the help of Oman, according to a statement carried by Oman’s state news agency.
Vivian Nerrim Reporting from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, also contributed.
