https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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.se/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 The wife of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali said that she had been informed by her husband's lawyer that Iranian authorities had decided to postpone his execution. https://www.thelocal.se/20201203/iran-postpones-execution-of-iranian-swedish-academic-ahmadreza-djalali Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:13:31 +0100 iran-postpones-execution-of-iranian-swedish-academic-ahmadreza-djalali Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has spoken to her Iranian counterpart to condemn the death sentence of Iranian-Swedish professor Ahmadreza Djalali. https://www.thelocal.se/20201125/sweden-urges-iran-to-halt-execution-of-karolinska-researcher Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:30:13 +0100 sweden-urges-iran-to-halt-execution-of-karolinska-researcher Iran has formally criticised Sweden over its decision to grant nationality to an Iranian professor sentenced to death on spying charges, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180220/iran-slams-sweden-for-giving-citizenship-to-death-row-spy Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:51:06 +0100 iran-slams-sweden-for-giving-citizenship-to-death-row-spy Imprisoned Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has been granted Swedish citizenship, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Sveriges Radio on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180217/sweden-grants-citizenship-to-academic-facing-iran-death-sentence Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:58:14 +0100 sweden-grants-citizenship-to-academic-facing-iran-death-sentence Attempts to convince Iranian courts to review the death sentence given to an academic convicted of spying for Israel have failed, according to the man’s lawyer, who says the sentence is now "definitive". https://www.thelocal.se/20180205/stockholm-academics-death-sentence-in-iran-definitive-lawyer Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:00:37 +0100 stockholm-academics-death-sentence-in-iran-definitive-lawyer A request has been lodged in Iran's top court to review the death sentence of an academic convicted of spying for Israel, his lawyer said Wednesday, citing "flaws" in the case. https://www.thelocal.se/20180125/request-lodged-to-review-stockholm-academics-death-sentence-in-iran Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:02:44 +0100 request-lodged-to-review-stockholm-academics-death-sentence-in-iran Four UN rights experts on Wednesday called on Iran to "immediately" annul the death sentence against an academic accused of espionage during nuclear talks with world powers, warning his trial had been marred by violations. https://www.thelocal.se/20171220/halt-execution-of-us-based-academic-immediately-un-experts-tell-iran Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:17:52 +0100 halt-execution-of-us-based-academic-immediately-un-experts-tell-iran Sweden has slammed Iran's decision to sentence Karolinska Institute researcher Ahmadreza Djalali to death, which was officially confirmed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20171025/sweden-slams-death-penalty-for-karolinska-scholar-ahmadreza-djalali-iran Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:52:40 +0200 sweden-slams-death-penalty-for-karolinska-scholar-ahmadreza-djalali-iran Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, has been sentenced to death in Iran, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20171022/sweden-stockholm-academic-given-death-sentence-in-iran-reports Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:04:28 +0200 sweden-stockholm-academic-given-death-sentence-in-iran-reports The trial of a Stockholm academic who is detained in Iran on what Amnesty International calls 'extremely vague grounds' and could face the death penalty is set to get under way. https://www.thelocal.se/20170822/trial-of-stockholm-academic-facing-death-penalty-in-iran-begins Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:40:15 +0200 trial-of-stockholm-academic-facing-death-penalty-in-iran-begins A Stockholm-based academic who has been detained in Tehran for nearly a year on suspicion of espionage refuses to drink, his wife has told a Swedish news agency. https://www.thelocal.se/20170227/stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty-refuses-to-eat-or-drink Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:55:52 +0100 stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty-refuses-to-eat-or-drink