Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday that a dual national arrested during June’s 12-day war with Israel, and who has since been put on trial for espionage, holds Swedish citizenship.
Tehran has given few details on the case, one of multiple arrests that took place during and after the war, in which Israel and then the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities, and Iran
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"Recently, a case was investigated in Alborz Province regarding a dual-citizen spy. This person received Swedish citizenship in 2020 and has resided there since," said judiciary front man Asghar Jahangir, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online news agency.
"This person was identified and arrested on charges of spying for the Zionist regime during the 12-Day War," he added.
Jahangir claimed that the defendant, whom he did not name, was recruited by Israel in 2023 and "was able to meet in the capitals of six European countries with the [Israeli] agents and receive the necessary training."
He claimed that the defendant had made several trips to Israel, including two weeks before entering Iran. He said the defendant entered Iran a month before the war and had settled in a villa near Karaj, close to Tehran.
"He was carrying electronic spy equipment that was identified by the officers" and later confessed to spying, the spokesperson claimed.
He stated that the verdict in the case would be issued soon.
In October, Iran passed a law that toughened penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the US.
The text of the law stipulates that "any intelligence or espionage activity" for Israel, the US or other governments and groups deemed hostile to Iran "shall be punishable by confiscation of all assets... and by the death penalty
."Since the war, Iran has vowed swift trials for those suspected of collaborating with Israel, announcing multiple arrests and the execution of at least nine people convicted on such charges.
Iran usually carries out executions inside prisons, but has also performed public executions. The Islamic Theocratic
Republic, which executes most convicts by hanging, is the world’s second most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.
During the June war, Iranian authorities announced several arrests of Europeans, including Lennart Monterlos, a 19-year-old French-German cyclist, who was later released.