Iran-Sweden Relations

According to Tehran-based Eslahatpress website, the defense attorney of Ahmadreza Jalali, a Swedish-Iranian national convicted of spying for Israel, says they are told that the ruling for his execution will surely be carried out.

An Iranian NGO has in an open letter to the Swedish ambassador to Tehran criticized the government in Stockholm for gross support of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq terrorist group.

Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has called for the immediate release of an Iranian national, being tried in Sweden, calling his trial illegal.

Iran will carry out the execution of Ahmadreza Jalali, a Swedish-Iranian national convicted of spying for Israel by May 21, media reports say, after his execution was approved by the Supreme Court of Iran.

The son of retired employee of the Iranian judiciary Hamid Nouri, who is being tried by a Swedish court, says his father has faced a grossly unfair trial.

Retired employee of the Iranian judiciary Hamid Nouri is facing life imprisonment after 90 court sessions in Sweden where he was arrested in 2019.

Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has called Sweden’s trial of ex-Iranian official Hamid Nouri “unlawful and unfair”.

Swedish ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry over the continuation of the detention of an Iranian in the European country.

The family of an Iranian national on trial in Sweden for alleged rights abuses has issued a statement to protest what they call the unfair proceedings.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde held talks on bilateral ties and regional issues, including the situation in Yemen and Afghanistan during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Two members of a Swedish international drug trafficking network are on trial in Tehran.

Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby held talks with Ali-Asghar Khaji, the Iranian Foreign Minister's senior advisor in special political affairs, on Monday, July 12, 2021.

The crisis in Yemen was once again on the agenda of the talks between Ali-Asghar Khaji, the senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, and Swedish Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to the Iranian foreign minister, had a phone conversation with Sweden’s special envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby as part of Iran’s international consultations to settle the Yemen crisis.

Senior advisor to Iran’s foreign minister in special political affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji held talks with Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde had a phone conversation on Wednesday.

Ali-Asghar Khaji, the Iranian foreign minister's senior assistant in special political affairs, has held virtual talks with Sweden's special envoy for Yemen.

Iran's Judiciary spokesman says two Swedish nationals have been apprehended in Iran on drug smuggling charges.

The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Sweden discussed a range of issues in a telephone conversation on Tuesday night.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish counterpart have talked about the January 8 crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran.

Iran’s new ambassadors to Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belarus, Armenia, Serbia, South Africa, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Mauritania and Croatia met with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday before starting their missions.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States' military presence in the region causes tensions, making the nations infuriated. 

Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali-Asghar Khaji has held talks with Sweden’s Special Envoy for Syria Peter Semneby in Tehran.

The fifth round of Iran-Sweden political consultations has been held in the Iranian capital Tehran in the presence of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and Sweden's State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Annika Söder.

Sweden's State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Annika Söder has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran.