Sweden charges Iranian man with Khomeini-era war crimes
Jul 28, 2021
Sweden charges Iranian man with Khomeini-era war crimes — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) Swedish prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they had pressed charges against an Iranian national suspected of murdering more than 100 political prisoners in the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988.
The 60-year old suspect was first arrested by Swedish authorities in late 2019, when he arrived in the Arlanda Airport near Stockholm. He is believed to have been personally responsible for the murders of dissidents held in Iran’s prisons between July and August 1988.
