A topIranian rights official has urged the United Nations to hold the Swedish governmentaccountable for the "illegal" detention and trial of an Iranian national,Hamid Nouri, while calling for his immediate release. In a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kazem Gharibabadi, the Iranian judiciary chiefs deputy for international affairs ...

Ranking diplomats from Iran and Sweden discussed ways to resolve the crisis in Yemen and lift the blockade that has caused humanitarian problems in the Arab country. Sweden's Special Envoy for Yemen Peter Semneby and Ali Asghar Khaji, the Iranian Foreign Minister's senior adviser in special political affairs, held a meeting in Tehran on Monday. In ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde in a telephone conversation on Wednesday reviewed the latest regional, international developments, JCPOA, and bilateral relations. During the phone talk, the two sides exchanged views on the latest international developments, regional issues, developments related ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Tuesday referred to Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde's tweet, saying that unfortunately, the information of the Swedish authorities regarding the situation of Mr. Jalali, who is in prison due to security crimes, is incomplete and wrong. Referring to the Swedish foreign minister's tweet,...

Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Sweden not to sacrifice its independence for Washingtons cruel policies and bullying. In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Zarif and his Swedish counterpart Ann Christin Linde discussed a range of issues, such as the latest regional and international developments, JCPOA-related topics, and ...

The Iranian foreign ministers senior assistant in special political affairs held virtual talks with Swedens special envoy for Yemen. In the Wednesday talks, the two sides conferred on the latest developments and situation in Yemen including the difficult conditions caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, ways to resolve the existing problems,...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif decried Sweden for refusing to provide Iran with the medicine for treatment of the epidermolysis bullosa (EB) disease. In comments on the sidelines of a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday, Zarif said a Swedish company has halted the sale of EB medicines to Iran under the pressure of the US sanctions ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrm on Tuesday. During the meeting, he exchanged views with his Swedish counterpart on various bilateral, regional and international issues such as the JCPOA, the need for expediting efforts to launch the EU's trade mechanism for Iran ...

Reuters - Sweden has granted citizenship to a Stockholm-based scientist being held in Iran under sentence of death, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday. Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor and lecturer at the Karolinska Institute in the Swedish capital, was arrested in Iran in April 2016 and later convicted of espionage, having been ...

February 13, The Iran Project The Iranian minister of science, researches and technology says Iranian universities can accept Swedish students in some certain courses like Middle East studies and Iranian and Islamic art. In a meeting with Ann Linde, the Swedish minister for EU affairs and trade on Monday, Dr. Mohammad Farhadi said today, Iran ...

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is scheduled to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on mutual, regional and international issues, a top Iranian official says. Immediately after his arrival in Iran on Monday, the Swedish foreign minister traveled to the city of Isfahan to visit historical monuments and he will return to Tehran to hold talks ...

Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA Deputy Head of Iran-Sweden Joint Chamber of Commerce Abdolreza Rezaie said on Saturday that investment opportunities and an atmosphere of political stability exist in Iran which encourage Swedish companies to invest in the country. Rezaie told the joint meeting of the Investment Organization and the Iran-Sweden Joint Chamber ...

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt will separately pay official visits to Iran within the next two months. The Polish and Swedish foreign ministers are scheduled to travel to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials. The visits will come after Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino traveled ...

Tehran, Dec 18, IRNA The deputy finance minister in a meeting with the Chairman of the International Council of Swedish Industry Erik Belfrage invited Swedish investors to make investments in Iran . Referring to the status of Europe, Sweden in particular, in Iran, Behrouz Alishiri explained the country?s capacities as well as incentives for investment....

London, Nov 28, IRNA In meeting with Majid Takhat Ravanchi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Europe and US Affairs, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt welcomed nuclear agreement between Iran and Group 5+1 in Geneva. According to Iranian embassy in Stockholm, Swedish foreign minister stressed on the importance of honoring commitments by the two ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchiis scheduled to visit Sweden on Wednesday for a two-day visit. Ravanchi, who is in charge of European and American Affairs of Iranian Foreign Ministry would discuss issues of mutual interests as well as ways for the further expansion of Tehran-Stockholm ties during his meetings with ...