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Iran to execute Iran-Swedish scientist

Amnesty International said the charges against Ahmadreza Djalali are unfounded and Sweden spoke to Iran about his case.
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A leading human rights group and the Swedish government are demanding Iran halt the imminent execution of an Iranian-Swedish scientist.

Ahmadreza Djalali is now in solitary confinement in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison and has been told by prosecutors he will be put to death within a week, Amnesty International said in a statement on Tuesday.

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