A senior Iranian official said the Islamic Republic "will not sit idly by" in the face of a Swedish court's verdict last week against a former Iranian judiciary staff member accused of involvement in 1988 prison executions.
Deputy Judiciary Chief for International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi warned that Tehran "has several options on the table" to address both the life sentence for Hamid Noury and Sweden's "brash support for notorious terrorist groups."
