BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, TurkicWorld reports via Asharq Al-Awsat.
"Sweden and the EU's position on the death penalty is very clear. We always oppose it. Everywhere and regardless of circumstances, this is well known. On Wednesday, the foreign ministry therefore summoned Iran's ambassador to convey our protests against the sentence," Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told a press conference, while noting that the reports were still unconfirmed.
