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Johan Floderus reunites with his family at Arlanda airport in Stockholm, June 15, 2024

Video. Two Swedish citizens released by Iran arrive back in Stockholm

Updated: 16/06/2024 - 6:31 GMT+2

European Union diplomat Johan Floderus and another man, Saeed Azizi, were released by Iran in exchange for Iranian national Hamid Nouri who was convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes over his part in 1988 mass executions in the Islamic Republic.

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