'How can Sweden leave behind a citizen who was sentenced to death?'
Sweden in Focus6 Jul 2024

'How can Sweden leave behind a citizen who was sentenced to death?'

In this week's Sweden in Focus we speak to Vida Mehrannia, the wife of the Karolinska Institute researcher Ahmedreza Djalali who was sentenced to death in Iran in 2017 and was not part of a recent prisoner exchange that saw two Swedes return home.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week Vida Mehrannia.

She talks about why the family moved to Sweden, what life was like for them here before her husband’s arrest. Also, after the release last month of two other Swedish prisoners in Iran, she tells us about what attempts have been made to secure Ahmedreza Djalali’s release and if more could be done.

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