Iran slams Swedish government over Hamid Nouri case

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The Swedish federal government has actually been knocked for breaching human rights in relation to Iranian nationwide Hamid Nouri by
the deputy chief for global affairs of the Iranian Judiciary and secretary general of Irans High Council for Human Rights.Speaking to
nationwide TV on Thursday, Kazem Gharibabadi worried that the Swedish government emerges as a protector of human rights, despite the truth
that it often violates those rights.Given Hamid Nouris circumstance in Sweden, Gharibabadi stated that the Stockholm government and
judiciary had actually continually violated Nouris rights in many methods, from the beginning of his detention through the trial and issuing
of a choice versus him.Hamid Nouri had actually not seen a fair trial and had been rejected interaction with his family for a substantial
quantity of time, Irans human rights chief added.He likewise mentioned how severe his prison circumstances are and how Iranian resident has
been significantly restricted in his capability to select a lawyer.Gharibabadi discussed the prolonged procedure of prosecuting Nouri, which
took more than a year, and stated that the Swedish legal system had no proof against the Iranian citizen.Following Nouris conviction and
appeal, the Swedish legal system dismissed some of the legal representatives he had actually brought and urged him to present extra legal
representatives, he added.It is regrettable that the timing of the Swedish legal system to manage this issue is likewise unjustified, given
that Sweden purports to uphold human rights yet has turned down Nouris lawyers on a range of grounds, he remarked.Irans human rights chief
highlighted that Nouri has actually not broken any laws and is an innocent man being kept in Swedish jails.The Swedish federal government
ought to free Nouri as soon as possible and compensate him for his losses, he suggested.Nouri said in an audio recording from a few months
ago that he had actually gone through abuse while in detention which, in spite of having eye problem, he had actually been rejected medical
attention.Approximately 60 members of the terrorist MKO group testified in front of a Swedish court, declaring that Nouri previously worked
as a prison guard nearly forty years ago.None of the witnesses were allowed to testify in favor of the Iranian resident in the court.Nouri
has remained in detention in Sweden considering that October 2019
Throughout parts of his detention, he was held in solitary confinement and denied the ability to pick an attorney, interact with or see his
household, meet the supposed witnesses, or perhaps look for medical attention.