Iran–Sweden relations
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Iran–Sweden relations are foreign relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Sweden. Among all Scandinavian countries, Sweden has the strongest and most extensive relationship w
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, February 11, 2017
Ali Larijani, chairman of Iran's parliament meets with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in the Parliament building, Tehran.
Bildt and Javad Zarif, foreign minister of Iran, 2 February 2014
Detention of Johan Floderus
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Johan Floderus is a Swedish diplomat and European Union official. He first started working for the European Commission in 2019, serving as an aide to the then-incumbent European Commissioner for Home
Iran–Sweden relations
…after being accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed 25 people. In September 2023, a New York Times article revealed that Johan Floderus, a 33-year-old Swedish man who had been working as a diplomat for the European Union since 2019, had been arrested at the Imam Khomeini International…
The trial of Hamid Nouri in 2019 is believed to be one of the key events that contributed to the steady deterioration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Sweden.
The Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, where Floderus was reportedly arrested by Iranian authorities on 17 April 2022.
The Evin Prison in Tehran, where Floderus was detained together with other foreign hostages.