Swedish court upholds guilty verdict in Iran executions case
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People react to the verdict of the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, outside the Stockholm District Court in Stockholm, Sweden July 14, 2022. Noury was sentenced to a lifetime in prison. Chris Anderson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo
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STOCKHOLM - A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict and life sentence given to a former Iranian official convicted last year for his part in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988.
In 2022, the Stockholm District Court ruling found Hamid Noury guilty of murder and serious crimes against international law.
The case has caused a deep rift between Sweden and Iran, which said the initial verdict was politically motivated. REUTERS
