Iranian foreign ministry summons Swedish envoy over Hamid Noury verdict
Iran's foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran following the sentencing of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian official, by a Swedish court.
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Hamid Noury, 61, was convicted in Sweden of a 'serious crime against international law' [source: Getty]
The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran on Thursday and handed him a note of protest over a Swedish court sentence against the former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam reported.
A Swedish court sentenced Noury to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.
Noury, 61, was convicted of a "serious crime against international law" and "murder", the Stockholm district court said in a statement.
According to the prosecution, Noury was an assistant prosecutor in a prison near Tehran at the time of the events.
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