Iran to take Sweden to ICJ over Nouri verdict: MP
The chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee at the Iranian Parliament said the country will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Sweden’s judiciary for illegally prosecuting and handing life imprisonment to former official Hamid Nouri.
Zohreh Elahian made the remarks on Sunday, a few days after the Stockholm Court of Appeals upheld a life sentence for Nouri, who was arrested in 2019 under unfounded allegations of human rights violations, Press TV reported.
“By this ruling, the Swedish judicial system showed that it is strongly influenced by the propaganda of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group and that it issued a life sentence based on the cult’s baseless complaint,” she said.
“Nouri’s family reserves the right not to recognize the verdict issued by the Swedish National Court due to its non-compliance with legal standards, to lodge a complaint with international conventions, and to pursue the case at the International Court of Justice.”
The former Iranian judiciary official was put on trial on unfounded allegations staged against him by elements representing the MKO terrorist group that has openly boasted about carrying out terrorist operations against Iranian officials and civilians perceived to be supporters of the government.
The terrorist group had falsely claimed that Nouri was involved in the execution and torture of MKO members in 1988, baseless charges he has vehemently rejected.