https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) has received a flood of applications from Iranian citizens hoping to get their temporary visas extended. https://www.thelocal.com/20250630/iranians-stuck-in-sweden-rush-to-extend-temporary-visas-and-permits Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:41:43 +0200 iranians-stuck-in-sweden-rush-to-extend-temporary-visas-and-permits Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who is on death row in Iran, has been denied proper care after suffering a heart attack last week, his Swedish lawyer said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.com/20250512/swedish-iranian-academic-ahmadreza-djalali-denied-relevant-care-after-heart-attack-lawyer Mon, 12 May 2025 16:10:53 +0200 swedish-iranian-academic-ahmadreza-djalali-denied-relevant-care-after-heart-attack-lawyer Iran may have been involved in explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in Sweden and Denmark this week, a Swedish intelligence chief said, but stressed he couldn't say for sure. https://www.thelocal.com/20241003/swedish-security-service-iran-may-have-had-role-in-embassy-attacks Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:13:39 +0200 swedish-security-service-iran-may-have-had-role-in-embassy-attacks Swedish prosecutors are accusing Iran of being behind a major cyber attack in which people were urged to take revenge on Quran burners. https://www.thelocal.com/20240924/sweden-says-iran-behind-hacker-attack-that-urged-revenge-for-quran-burning Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:26:13 +0200 sweden-says-iran-behind-hacker-attack-that-urged-revenge-for-quran-burning The now-free Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus has spoken in interviews about his almost 800 days in Iran's notorious Evin prison. https://www.thelocal.com/20240705/swedish-diplomat-says-he-discovered-a-strength-within-him-in-iran-prison Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:51:29 +0200 swedish-diplomat-says-he-discovered-a-strength-within-him-in-iran-prison The wife of an Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017 said on Tuesday she was "very disappointed" after meeting Sweden's foreign minister to pressure him to secure her spouse's release. https://www.thelocal.com/20240702/wife-of-imprisoned-academic-disappointed-after-meeting-swedish-foreign-minister Tue, 02 Jul 2024 18:46:19 +0200 wife-of-imprisoned-academic-disappointed-after-meeting-swedish-foreign-minister Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, who is on death row in Iran over what human rights groups consider to be fabricated charges of espionage, will begin a hunger strike on Wednesday, his wife, Vida Mehrannia, told The Local. https://www.thelocal.com/20240625/imprisoned-swedish-iranian-academic-djalali-set-to-go-on-hunger-strike Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:35:49 +0200 imprisoned-swedish-iranian-academic-djalali-set-to-go-on-hunger-strike 'Why not me?' asked Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian researcher on death row in Iran for eight years, as he challenged Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to meet his family in front of TV cameras to explain why he wasn't included in a recent prisoner swap. https://www.thelocal.com/20240619/why-not-me-imprisoned-academic-djalali-delivers-stinging-rebuke-over-prisoner-swap Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:54:56 +0200 why-not-me-imprisoned-academic-djalali-delivers-stinging-rebuke-over-prisoner-swap Johan Floderus told Swedish Prime Minister he's 'in seventh heaven' in a video released after he was freed in a prisoner swap with Iran. https://www.thelocal.com/20240617/swedish-eu-diplomat-freed-from-iran-says-hes-in-seventh-heaven Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:57:25 +0200 swedish-eu-diplomat-freed-from-iran-says-hes-in-seventh-heaven An Iranian journalist based in Sweden is in hiding after the Iranian government allegedly ordered Swedish gangs to kill him. https://www.thelocal.com/20240612/iranian-journalist-in-hiding-in-sweden-after-iran-puts-his-name-on-death-list Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:00:40 +0200 iranian-journalist-in-hiding-in-sweden-after-iran-puts-his-name-on-death-list Sweden's foreign minister said Thursday he had confronted his Iranian counterpart after reports Tehran's intelligence service sent an undercover couple to murder Jews in the country. https://www.thelocal.com/20240215/swedish-foreign-minister-confronts-iran-over-murder-plot-against-jews Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:35:03 +0100 swedish-foreign-minister-confronts-iran-over-murder-plot-against-jews Sweden's foreign ministry said that it had summoned Iran's charge d'affaires, calling for the release of "arbitrarily detained" citizens in Iran, adding that authorities had learned of more Swedes being arrested. https://www.thelocal.com/20240118/sweden-summons-iranian-envoy-over-detained-citizens Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:30:59 +0100 sweden-summons-iranian-envoy-over-detained-citizens A Swedish man in his 20s is being held in Iran, Sweden's foreign ministry has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.com/20240115/iran-detains-another-swedish-citizen-as-diplomatic-tension-continues Mon, 15 Jan 2024 21:45:08 +0100 iran-detains-another-swedish-citizen-as-diplomatic-tension-continues Iran's foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a Swedish court's rejection of an appeal by a former Iranian prison official, who has been sentenced to life in prison over mass executions in 1988. https://www.thelocal.com/20231220/iran-slams-unacceptable-swedish-life-sentence-for-former-official Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:50:43 +0100 iran-slams-unacceptable-swedish-life-sentence-for-former-official In a case that could have diplomatic consequences, a Swedish appeals court upheld the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. https://www.thelocal.com/20231219/swedish-court-to-rule-in-high-stakes-appeals-trial-of-ex-iran-official Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:19:47 +0100 swedish-court-to-rule-in-high-stakes-appeals-trial-of-ex-iran-official Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström called on Iran to grant the Swedish embassy access to the trial of Johan Floderus, an EU diplomate held in Iran for more than 600 days. https://www.thelocal.com/20231211/sweden-demands-consular-access-to-trial-of-swedish-diplomat-held-in-iran Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:13:14 +0100 sweden-demands-consular-access-to-trial-of-swedish-diplomat-held-in-iran The Swedish government has called on Iran to free Johan Floderus, a 33-year-old EU diplomat who is accused of committing crimes in Iran. https://www.thelocal.com/20230912/iran-accuses-detained-swedish-diplomat-of-committing-crimes Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:16:21 +0200 iran-accuses-detained-swedish-diplomat-of-committing-crimes Sweden has urged Iran to free one of its nationals it says has been held in the country arbitrarily since April 2022 in a case exacerbating bilateral tensions. https://www.thelocal.com/20230905/sweden-urges-iran-to-free-swede-held-for-over-500-days-amid-bilateral-tensions Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:00:37 +0200 sweden-urges-iran-to-free-swede-held-for-over-500-days-amid-bilateral-tensions Middle East powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have joined in the criticism of Swedish authorities for allowing protests to go ahead that desecrate the Quran on free speech grounds. https://www.thelocal.com/20230721/saudi-arabia-and-iran-summon-swedish-diplomats-to-denounce-quran-protests Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:45:27 +0200 saudi-arabia-and-iran-summon-swedish-diplomats-to-denounce-quran-protests An Iranian official accused of involvement in the 1988 execution of thousands of political dissidents faces trial in Sweden, in a case believed to be the first of its kind. https://www.thelocal.com/20210810/landmark-trial-over-1988-iran-mass-murder-opens-in-sweden Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:26:38 +0200 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