Iran says dual national held for espionage is Swedish

TEHRAN:

Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday that a dual national arrested during the recent 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 brief war in which Israel and then the United States bombed Iran's nuclear facilities.

Several of those convicted of working for Israel's Mossad spy agency were subsequently executed.

"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 spokesman 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.

"This person was recruited by the Zionist regime's services in 2023 and was able to meet in the capitals of six European countries with the (Israeli) agents and receive the necessary training," Jahangir said without naming the defendant.

He added that the defendant had made several trips to Israel and the last time was two weeks before entering Iran.

Jahangir said the defendant entered Iran a month before the war and had settled in a villa near Karaj, close to the capital Tehran.