Sweden demands immediate release of EU diplomat from Iran jail

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Johan Floderus has been held for more than 600 days and is facing trial on charges of spying for Israel

Sweden has demanded the immediate release of an EU diplomat who has been held in an Iranian jail for more than 600 days and is facing trial on charges of spying for Israel.

Ulf Kristersson, the Swedish prime minister, said on Monday that intensive work was under way to try to free Johan Floderus from Tehran’s Evin prison after Iran said on Sunday that a trial of the Swedish national had begun.

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