The family of a Swedish EU employee detained in Iran have urged the international community to help secure his release after over 500 days of incarceration for alleged spying, his family said on Sunday.
in Iran have urged the international community to help secure his release after over 500 days of incarceration for alleged spying, his family said on Sunday.top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that Johan Floderus' imprisonment had been raised repeatedly with authorities in the Islamic Republic.
They said Floderus was being held without formal charges at Tehran's Evin prison, where political prisoners and many detainees facing security charges, including Iranians with dual nationality, are jailed. "His needs for adequate food rations, outside walks, medical checkups and much more are not respected ," his family wrote, adding that he had been denied "communicating" with Sweden's embassy in Tehran, except a few consular visits.
"He had to go on hunger strike to be allowed to make several of these calls, which have to be in English and monitored."
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