Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Iran rules out prisoner exchange with Sweden: judiciary

Iran

The Iranian judiciary rejected Tuesday the possibility of a prisoner swap in which a former Iranian official on trial in Stockholm for war crimes would be exchanged for a Swedish-Iranian academic on death row. The two cases “have nothing to do with each other… as a result, there is no question of an exchange,” said … Read more

Ex-Iran president’s daughter faces trial over social media comments

Iran

According to the judiciary, the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani faces prosecution for social media comments about the Revolutionary Guards and the Prophet Mohammed. Faezeh Hashemi, 59, has been “summoned by the prosecutor over these two affairs,” according to judiciary spokesman Zabihollah Khodayian, as quoted by the service’s Mizan Online website. Khodayian … Read more