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Al Arabiya
12-05-2025
- Health
- Al Arabiya
Swede on death row in Iran denied proper care after heart attack: Lawyer
Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Jalali, who is on death row in Iran, has been denied proper care after suffering a heart attack last week, his Swedish lawyer said on Monday. Jalali, an Iranian who was sentenced to death in 2017 on espionage charges and was granted Swedish nationality while in jail, suffered a heart attack in Tehran's Evin prison, his wife said on Friday. Nima Rostami, Jalali's lawyer in Sweden, told AFP his client had still not received appropriate care. 'The nature of this type of disease requires that people should undergo various types of tests in hospital, including an EKG (electrocardiogram)... But such treatment has so far not been provided,' Rostami said. He said Jalali had seen a doctor on Friday and then a specialist on Saturday, who had both confirmed the heart attack. 'He has received basic care,' the lawyer said but 'has been denied' relevant care. According to Rostami, the prison had promised that equipment would be brought to the prison so that tests could be performed on site but that had still not happened. 'The specialized treatment has so far not been administered despite the fact that he still has a low pulse,' he said, adding that Jalali's general health condition was poor. Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said on Friday that she had 'spoken urgently... with the Iranian foreign minister.' 'During the conversation, I demanded that Ahmadreza Jalali immediately receive the specialized care he needs,' she said in a post on X, repeating a Swedish demand that Jalali be released. In a post on X on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Jalali had 'access to medical care' and accused Sweden of undermining ties. 'Instead of walking further into a dead end, I call on my Swedish counterpart @MariaStenergard to reconsider the choices that have brought us (to) where we are today,' he said. He criticised Sweden's decision to grant citizenship 'to a convicted criminal AFTER his sentencing'. Iran does not recognize dual nationality. In June 2024, Tehran freed two Swedes held in Iran in exchange for Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prisons official serving a life sentence in Sweden. Jalali was not included in the swap.
L'Orient-Le Jour
10-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Academic held in Iran at 'immediate' risk after heart attack
Sweden on Friday demanded that Iran release academic Ahmadreza Jalali, who is on death row in Iran, after his wife said he had a heart attack in prison and his life is "at immediate risk". Jalali, an Iranian who was sentenced to death in 2017 on espionage charges and was granted Swedish nationality while in jail, suffered a heart attack in Tehran's Evin prison, Vida Mehrannia wrote in a post on X. "He has been transferred to the hospital section in Evin prison. He was informed that he will not be able to see a cardiologist until Sunday," the wife added. "After nine years of suffering, his health is declining rapidly. His life is at immediate risk and he must urgently receive proper care," she said. She urged Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard "to do everything in their power to secure his immediate release." Stenergard said on X that she had "spoken urgently tonight with the Iranian foreign minister." "During the conversation, I demanded that Ahmadreza Jalali immediately receive the specialised care he needs." "My work, and that of the government, for Ahmadreza Jalali continues with unabated strength. Ahmadreza Jalali must now be immediately released on humanitarian grounds so that he can be reunited with his family, something I also expressed in today's conversation," she said. Sweden has previously said that Iran does not recognise Jalali as a Swedish national since he was only an Iranian citizen when he was arrested. In June 2024, Tehran freed two Swedes held in Iran in exchange for Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official serving a life sentence in Sweden. Jalali was left out of the swap. "It seems to not be a priority for the Swedish officials what may happen to me as a Swedish citizen while I risk dying either by execution or due to poor health," Jalali said in January, in a voice message obtained by AFP through his wife. "It seems that due to my dual nationality, I am considered as a second-class citizen," he said. Western countries have long accused Iran of detaining foreign nationals on trumped-up charges to use them as bargaining chips to extract concessions.
LBCI
08-03-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Sweden asks Iran to free ailing academic on death row immediately
Sweden on Friday demanded the immediate release of Ahmadreza Jalali, an ailing Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017. Summoning the Iranian ambassador, Sweden called for Jalali's "immediate release on humanitarian grounds so that he can be reunited with his family" and called for his "immediate access to the medical care he so clearly needs," the foreign ministry said in a statement. AFP
Khaleej Times
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Sweden calls for 'immediate release' of ailing academic on Iran's death row since 2017
Sweden on Friday demanded the immediate release of Ahmadreza Jalali, an ailing Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017. Summoning the Iranian ambassador, Sweden called for Jalali's "immediate release on humanitarian grounds so that he can be reunited with his family" and called for his "immediate access to the medical care he so clearly needs," the foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministry also said it had reiterated a request to visit Jalali in jail. In mid-January, Jalali accused the Swedish government of not taking sufficient action to obtain his release. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. "It seems to not be a priority for the Swedish officials, what may happen to me as a Swedish citizen while I risk dying either by execution or due to poor health," he said in a message forwarded to AFP by his wife, Vida Mehrannia. His remarks came as German-Iranian Nahid Taghavi was released from Tehran's Evin prison and returned home, just days after Iran released Italian journalist Cecilia Sala. On June 15 last year, Tehran freed two Swedes, Johan Floderus, an EU diplomat who had been held since April 2022, and Saeed Azizi, who was arrested in November 2023, in exchange for Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prisons official serving a life sentence in Sweden. But Jalali, whom Iran sentenced to death in 2017 on espionage charges and was granted Swedish nationality while in jail, was left out of the swap. The government has insisted that it tried to obtain Jalali's release at the same time as Floderus and Azizi. Western countries have for years accused Iran of detaining their nationals on trumped-up charges in a policy of state hostage-taking to use them as bargaining chips to extract concessions. On Friday, the Swedish ministry reaffirmed its opposition to the death penalty and demanded that the sentence passed on the Swedish-Iranian would not be carried out.
