Rally against Hamid Nouri's life sentence in front of the Swedish embassy

A life sentence in Sweden generally means a minimum of 20 to 25 years in prison, but it could be extended. If he is eventually released, Noury will be expelled from Sweden. Noury can appeal the verdict. The court said 61-year-old Noury participated “in the executions of many political prisoners in Iran in the summer of 1988” and had “the role of assistant to the deputy prosecutor” at the prison “jointly and in collusion with others been involved in the executions”.

The acts were deemed as a serious crime against international law, the court said. A second wave of executions was directed at left-wing sympathisers who were deemed to have renounced their Islamic faith, the court statement said, adding “these acts have been deemed as murder”.