Iranian citizen under hardest anti-human rights pressure in Sweden

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri, who was arrested and tried in Sweden, has highlighted that the hardest anti-human rights pressure on him is continuing in Sweden. Hamid Nouri has been imprisoned in Sweden since October 2019. He spent some of his incarceration terms in solitary confinement and was deprived of the right to choose a lawyer, contact or visit his family members, meet the so-called witnesses, and even visit a physician for health issues. Yesterday, after a month of complete disconnection from his family, Nouri was allowed to talk to his wife for less than 10 minutes. In this brief telephone conversation, which was made in the presence of an interpreter and under tight security checks, he underlined that the pressures on him has intensified, and in addition to being held in solitary confinement, all his manuscripts and books had been removed from the cell and that he had been even deprived from his right to study for several days. Nouri also emphasized in this call that his communication and access to a lawyer has been completely disconnected and he had no chance to meet or contact his lawyer. Nouri said that he does not know the Swedish language, but the authorities presented the verdict in Swedish and have not made any effort to provide him with a Persian translation of the sentence. It is worth mentioning that the Swedish court conducted the hearing on the basis of the testimony of about 60 members of the terrorist organization MKO, who claimed that Nouri played the role of a prison guard nearly four decades ago. The court did not allow any of the witnesses to testify in favor of the Iranian citizen. Several weeks ago, Nouri in an audio file said that he had been tortured while in custody and was denied medical care despite suffering from eye problems. He also criticized human rights organizations for letting him down and failing to provide him the chance to speak about his ordeals. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish