Son of imprisoned Iranian in Sweden’s prison says his father denied family visits
The son of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen who has been held in prison and sentenced to life in prison in Sweden, says the Stockholm government’s mistreatment of his father and lack of cooperation with family visits is a “concrete example” of torture.
In a long interview with IRNA, Majid Nouri said that his father was not even allowed to see his family for 25 months, while such visits usually take place in the presence of the police.
After 25 months, when they eventually allowed a visit under strict conditions, the meeting lasted only 20 minutes, he explained.
He said that their Swedish lawyer had previously served as the European country’s justice minister.
“He (the lawyer) says ‘I don’t know why they treat your father so badly and why they make so many inhumane mistakes,'” Nouri said, urging the Swedish prosecutor’s office to respond to these allegations.
The lawyer, Nouri said, receives threats from the terrorist group Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MKO) against Iran.
Nouri was arrested in Sweden in 2019. A Swedish court issued the life sentence against Nouri in July, after 93 trial sessions in which 50 people attended as plaintiffs and witnesses, all reportedly MKO members or their relatives.
The Mojahedin-e-Khalq group is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranians in terrorist attacks in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran has demanded Nouri’s immediate release and compensation for the damages caused by his “illegal” detention.