European Union diplomat Johan Floderus and another man, Saeed Azizi, were released by Iran in exchange for Iranian national Hamid Nouri who was convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic.
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00:00Two Swedish citizens released in a prisoner swap with Iran have been reunited with their
00:05families in Stockholm.
00:07EU diplomat Johan Floderes and Saeed Azizi were released by Iran in an exchange on Saturday.
00:14This is a long time of suffering that is now over for Johan and Saeed, of course, but also
00:22I think almost as much for those who have waited for them here at home.
00:26The family of Johan Floderes, who worked for the European External Action Service, said
00:31he was arrested at Tehran airport in 2022 while returning from a holiday with friends.
00:37Saeed Azizi had been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of collusion against
00:42national security.
00:47They were exchanged for Hamid Noori, who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in
00:52mass executions in Iran in 1988.