Foreign ministry spokesman says Hamid Noury's life sentence rests on 'baseless, distorted and fabricated accusations,' in case that has tested relations between nations

Ahmedreza Djalali, sentenced to death for allegedly aiding Mossad in assassination of two nuclear scientists, was set to be executed last week

Ahmad Reza Jalali is set to be executed within 9 days; experts say case is example of Iranian tactic of hold dual-nationals hostage as diplomatic chips

Judiciary says no connection between case of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali and that of a former Iranian official on trial in Stockholm for war crimes

Swedish newspaper links arrest to upcoming trial in Stockholm of Iranian accused of genocide; Tehran also due to soon execute Swede accused of spying for Israel

Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested in April 2016 while attending a conference in Tehran, then put on trial and sentenced to death in 2017

Ambassador called in after Swedish prosecutors ask for life imprisonment in trial of Hamid Noury, accused of crimes against humanity; Sweden warns against travel to Iran

Hamid Noury charged with murder for role in ordering mass executions of political dissidents in 1988, a purge Iran's new leader is claimed to have led

But incoming president, who allegedly had role in 1988 mass killings, is still likely to enjoy diplomatic immunity if he travels

Ahmadreza Djalali, accused of spying for Israel, 'at imminent risk of execution,' rights group says, as his spouse pleads for international intervention