Kourosh Keyvani was convicted of spying for the Mossad
A Swedish citizen was executed this Wednesday by the Iranian regime, according to a statement released by Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.
“It was with consternation that I received the information that a Swedish citizen was executed in Iran,” wrote the minister, adding that “the responsibility for this lies entirely with Iran.”
The man was not officially identified, but the Swedish government confirmed that he was a citizen detained in June 2025. Maria Malmer Stenergard assured that several contacts were made with Tehran in order to resolve the situation, asking for a fair trial and the follow-up of all legal procedures.
Organs such as identify the man as Kourosh Keyvani, who was convicted by Iran’s Supreme Court of espionage, with accusations that the man passed “sensitive images and information from Iranian locations” to Israel, namely to the Mossad.
“It is clear to us that the legal procedure that led to the execution of the Swedish citizen was not fair”, can be read in the statement, which also takes the opportunity to condemn the death penalty, which in Sweden was abolished in 1972.
According to data from 2022, Iran is the second country in the world with the most executions. That year, 576 deaths were recorded, and it is feared that more may have occurred. In this record only China is ahead, with more than 1,000 executions that year.
“The death penalty is inhumane, cruel and an irreversible punishment. Sweden, with the entire European Union, condemns its application in all circumstances. Sweden will continue to condemn the serious human rights violations in Iran”, reiterates the statement signed by the minister.
This execution comes at a particularly turbulent time in relations between Iran and the West, as we are in the third week of a war launched by the United States and Israel in the country.
Speaking to the local press, Maria Malmer Stenergard admitted that she had information that the execution could be imminent, which is why she tried to contact the Iranian authorities, but without success.
