Sweden summons Iran envoy after reports of citizen’s death sentence

Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the Scandinavian country’s foreign minister said on Friday.Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday said that a dual national, arrested during the recent 12-day war with Israel and who has since been put on trial for espionage, was an Iranian and Swedish citizen.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told AFP on Friday that Sweden’s foreign ministry had received reports the man had been handed the death penalty. “We have received reports that he has been sentenced to death in the first instance, but we have not been able to confirm those reports. We are naturally trying to do so.“We have summoned Iran’s ambassador, on Wednesday, to clearly condemn the death sentence,” she said.“Sweden and the EU’s position on the death penalty is very clear. We always oppose it, everywhere and