The Judicial Commission of the National Council of Resistance Warns Against Sweden's 'Facilitation' for the Release of Hamid Nouri

On Saturday, June 9, the Judicial Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran warned against the 'facilitation' by the Swedish government for the release of Hamid Nouri, a former official of the Islamic Republic's judiciary. The commission stated: 'The Swedish government intends to pass a law in its parliament, similar to Belgium, allowing foreign prisoners in Sweden to serve their sentences in their home countries.' According to the statement from the Judicial Commission of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which is close to the Mojahedin Organization of Iran, the Swedish Minister of Justice has said that this action aims to reduce the workload of the prison administration and save taxpayer money. The Judicial Commission pointed out that this law will come into effect in a year, starting from July 1 next year, and assessed Stockholm's action as a 'copying' of the Belgian government's release of the terrorist diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, adding that this action is 'facilitating the release' of Hamid Nouri and 'strongly condemns it.' The commission emphasized that 'rewarding the perpetrators of mass killings, torturers, terrorist bombers, and agents of the IRGC and clerical intelligence only emboldens them in genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as in rampant terrorism, and is contrary to international law.' Previously, the Supreme Court of Stockholm had rejected Hamid Nouri's appeal against his life sentence on March 7 of last year, reaffirming the previous ruling. The life sentence, which is the highest penalty under Swedish law, was finalized on December 19 of last year after an appeals court in Stockholm for Hamid Nouri, who is accused of involvement in the mass executions of political prisoners in the 1980s. Following Hamid Nouri's arrest in Sweden and his trial for his role in the mass executions and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s, relations between Tehran and Stockholm have soured. Currently, two Iranian-Swedish citizens and Johan Flodros, a Swedish employee of the European Union, are imprisoned in Iran on security charges. Some human rights activists say that the Islamic Republic uses false accusations to detain foreign citizens, especially dual nationals, to use them as political bargaining chips, effectively taking these citizens hostage.