Iranian citizen detained in Sweden is subjected to the worst pressure
TEHRAN – The hardest pressure is still being exerted against the Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri in Sweden, where he was arrested and sentenced.
Since October 2019, Hamid Nouri has been detained in Sweden. During his detention, he was held in solitary confinement and denied the opportunity to choose a lawyer, communicate with or see his family, see the alleged witnesses or even seek medical attention.
After being completely cut off from his family for a month, Nouri was finally allowed to speak to his wife for less than ten minutes.
He emphasized that the pressure on him has increased, all his manuscripts and books had been taken from the cell, and he had even been denied the right to study for several days. Nouri revealed these rights violations during the short phone call, which was conducted in the presence of an interpreter and under strict security controls.
In the call, Nouri also made it clear that he had no chance to speak to or contact his lawyer and that all contact with him had been severed.
Despite Nouri’s claim that he does not speak Swedish, the authorities did not attempt to translate the sentence for him into Persian, but instead handed down the sentence in Swedish.
It is important to note that the Swedish court held the hearing based on evidence from over 60 members of the terrorist group MKO who said that Nouri had worked as a prison guard almost 40 years ago.
None of the witnesses were allowed by the court to testify in favor of the Iranian citizen.
Nouri said in an audio recording dated a few weeks ago that he had been beaten in custody and that, despite having eye problems, he had been denied medical treatment.
He also vilified human rights groups for not supporting him and giving him the opportunity to share his experiences.