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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Johan Floderus

Swedish diplomat Johan Floderus speaks in an interview after being released from Iranian captivity, July 3, 2024. (Screen capture: X/Dagens Nyheter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 4, 2024, 9:26 pm
‘Johan, you’re a hostage’: Swedish diplomat recounts bleak captivity in Iran
EU envoy Johan Floderus spent over 2 years in feared Tehran prison on espionage charges, was released in prisoner swap in June; ‘everything went kind of black,’ he recalls
By Etienne Fontaine
Johan Floderus kneels down and proposes to his boyfriend at Arlanda airport near Stockholm, Sweden, June 15, 2024. (Tom Samuelsson/Regeringskansliet via AFP)
June 18, 2024, 4:54 pm
Swedish man released from Iran proposes to boyfriend upon landing
Johan Floderus set free alongside Saeed Azizi in exchange deal that saw Stockholm release convicted war criminal Hamid Noury
By AFP
Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus (C) attends a court session in Tehran on December 10, 2023. (Amir Abbas Ghasemi / Mizan News Agency / AFP)
June 16, 2024, 8:52 pm
Swede released from Iranian prison says he is in ‘seventh heaven’
Johan Floderus, who was on death row, freed alongside Saeed Azizi in swap for Hamid Noury, former Iranian prisons official serving life sentence
By AFP
Hamid Noury (center) is seen arriving in Iran after being released in a prisoner exchange deal with Sweden, June 15, 2024. (X screengrab)
June 15, 2024, 8:59 pm
Sweden releases convicted war criminal in swap with Iran
Hamid Noury, who was involved in 1988 mass executions, exchanged for two Swedish nationals; EU vows to work for freedom of other Europeans who it says are arbitrarily detained
By Jon Gambrell
A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News agency shows Swedish European Union diplomat Johan Floderus (C) attending the final hearing in his trial, at a revolutionary court in Tehran on January 28, 2024. (Koosha Mashid Falahi/Mizan New Agency/AFP)
January 28, 2024, 7:48 pm
Iran seeking death penalty for Swedish EU diplomat accused of spying for Israel
As trial wraps up in Tehran, prosecutor says Johan Floderus charged with ‘very extensive intelligence cooperation with the Zionist occupation regime’
By AFP
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU interior ministers at the European Council Brussels on March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
September 11, 2023, 5:06 pm
Senior EU official urges Iran to release diplomat in custody over 500 days
Bloc’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson says she’s ‘very worried’ about Johan Floderus, who is being held at notorious Evin prison
By Samuel Petrequin
An image of Swedish national Johan Floderus during a video call from Iranian prison on August 7, 2023, released by his family in September. (Courtesy)
September 10, 2023, 3:25 pm
Family of EU diplomat held captive by Iran pleads for his immediate release
As Johan Floderus marks his 33rd birthday in custody, his relatives in Sweden say ‘he should be with us celebrating’
By AFP
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