Hamid Nouri: How Sweden arrested a suspected Iranian war criminal

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Prosecutors have put Hamid Nouri on trial over a 1988 massacre in Iran. This is how they did it.

In the arrivals terminal of Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Swedish police were expecting someone significant.

A short time later, a Swedish official made a phone call to deliver a message: "You can go home now." Never before has anyone been criminally prosecuted over the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Mr Nouri was arrested and later charged over his alleged role, which he denies.

Out of the blue, a source contacted Mr Mesdaghi with some information. An Iranian named Hamid Nouri was planning a trip to Sweden, the source said.Kaveh Moussavi is an experienced British-Iranian human rights lawyer. One conversation with Mr Mesdaghi and a meeting in London were all it took to convince Mr Moussavi to take on the case.

Mr Nouri was coming to Sweden for family reasons, but was led to believe he would be taking an extended trip to several European countries and a cruise as well, the source said.The next step was the arrest, which Mr Moussavi was confident would be done under the rules of universal jurisdiction.

 

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