Hamid Nouri, an Iranian citizen and former judiciary official unlawfully sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden over politically motivated charges, returned to Iran on Saturday after five years.

Iran’s top human rights official says the MKO and other terrorist groups suffered another blow by the release of Hamid Nouri, a former judiciary official, from illegal detention in Sweden.

The family members of Hamid Nouri, ex-Iranian official, who was returned to the country after years of wrongful imprisonment in Sweden, recount their joy and relief.

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Kazem Gharibabadi, head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, says Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally incarcerated in Sweden, has been released from prison.

Sweden’s police reportedly arrest the son of an Iranian prisoner, who has been sentenced to life in prison based on complaints filed by anti-Iran figures.

The Stockholm Court of Appeals’ life sentence handed to a former Iranian official illegally jailed in Sweden was wrong and very disappointing, according to his lawyer.