Iran tells Swedish diplomat to leave country in 48 hours after Sweden expels Iranian embassy staffer
Iran ordered a Swedish diplomat to leave within 48 hours after Sweden expelled an Iranian embassy staffer over alleged security activities.
On Thursday, Iran instructed a Swedish diplomat in Tehran to depart the country within 48 hours following Sweden's decision to expel a staff member from the Iranian embassy in Stockholm. The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest the Swedish action, which the ministry deemed unjustified and contrary to international law. According to Iran, Sweden's allegations of Iran conducting activities that threaten security in and against Sweden are baseless.
The Swedish authorities accused Iran of having long carried out activities that threaten security in Sweden, targeting individuals who oppose the Iranian regime and various Jewish and Israeli interests in the country. Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israeli interests in Sweden have been targeted multiple times, including the recovery of a grenade thrown into the grounds of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm.
Iran maintains that the accusations are unfounded. Diplomatic relations between the two nations have been strained for several years, with Iran executing an Iranian-Swedish citizen on charges of spying for Israel and imprisoning another Swedish-Iranian for over a decade for collaborating with Israel's Mossad spy agency.
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