TEHRAN: An Iranian court has sentenced two Swedish men for drug trafficking to eight and five years in prison, judiciary spokesman Massoud Setayeshi said Tuesday. The pair, Stephen Kevin Gilbert and Simon Kasper Brown, were arrested in July 2020 at an airport in Tehran as they were about to leave the country, Setayeshi said. “Simon Kasper Brown, a Swedish citizen, was
Iran’s judiciary says a court has sentenced two Swedish men for drug trafficking to lengthy prison terms, highlighting tense relations between the two countries.
Iran has sentenced two Swedish citizens to multiyear prison terms on charges of drug smuggling, the latest in a string of cases heightening tensions between the Islamic Republic and the Nordic nation
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