Sweden expels Iran embassy employee, citing security concerns
- Stockholm says Iran-backed groups are plotting against ‘Jewish and Israeli interests’ in the country.
- Sweden has expelled an Iranian embassy employee and summoned the country’s ambassador, accusing Tehran of making threats against Jewish and Israeli interests in Sweden.
- Sweden has asked an official at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm to leave the country over activities “not compatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations”, which sets rules for how countries deal with each other’s diplomats.
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- Stockholm says Iran-backed groups are plotting against ‘Jewish and Israeli interests’ in the country.
- Sweden has expelled an Iranian embassy employee and summoned the country’s ambassador, accusing Tehran of making threats against Jewish and Israeli interests in Sweden.
- Sweden has asked an official at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm to leave the country over activities “not compatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations”, which sets rules for how countries deal with each other’s diplomats.
Sources: Al Jazeera