Supporters call for release of Swedish prisoner on second anniversary of detention in Iran

Johan Floderus was arrested at Tehran airport in 2022, and has had limited family contact and consular access since being imprisoned.

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00:00 Supporters of a Swedish EU employee arrested in Iran two years ago have made a renewed

00:08 appeal for his release.

00:11 Sweden says 33-year-old Johan Flodderus, who worked for the External Action Service, was

00:17 arbitrarily detained.

00:20 We are dedicated to Johan's case.

00:24 We are working closely with the Swedish authorities.

00:27 We condemn Johan's imprisonment and demand his immediate release.

00:32 We condemn the conditions of his imprisonment and we demand he is treated according to his

00:38 right.

00:40 His family say he was arrested in April 2022 at Tehran airport while returning from a holiday

00:47 with friends.

00:49 But in December, the Iranian judiciary's news agency said Flodderus had been accused of

00:54 spying for Israel and corruption on earth, a crime that carries the death penalty in

01:00 Iran.

01:03 His family denied those allegations and Sweden's foreign minister slammed them as completely

01:08 baseless and false.

01:10 "Senor Flodderus..."

01:12 (upbeat music)

01:14 (whooshing)