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Iran expels Swedish diplomat in tit-for-tat after Stockholm's move

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Iran has expelled a Swedish diplomat after Stockholm ordered an Iranian embassy official to leave within two days over activities deemed incompatible with diplomatic norms under the Vienna Convention. Alireza Yousofi, director-general for Western Europe at Iran's foreign ministry, delivered the expulsion order to Sweden’s ambassador in Tehran and criticized Sweden’s policies and support for dissident groups. Both countries cited the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations but accused each other of baseless actions influenced by outside forces like Israel. This move escalates tensions between Sweden and Iran following previous diplomatic conflicts, including a prisoner swap in June 2024 involving former Iranian prison official Hamid Nouri.

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Iran expelled a Swedish diplomat on Thursday as retaliation for Sweden's expulsion of an Iranian embassy official the previous day. Alireza Yousofi, director-general for Western Europe at Iran’s foreign ministry, summoned the Swedish ambassador to deliver the expulsion order and criticized Stockholm's "destructive policies" and support for "terrorist groups." Iran claimed that Israel influenced Sweden's decision, which it deemed baseless. Tehran warned of engaging Sweden's international responsibility under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations if normal embassy operations are disrupted further.

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Alireza Yousofi, director-general for Western Europe at Iran's foreign ministry, summoned the Swedish ambassador in Tehran on Thursday to deliver the reciprocal expulsion order and convey what he described as Iran's protest at Sweden's "destructive policies and its hosting of terrorist groups."

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Iran expels Swedish diplomat in tit-for-tat after Stockholm's move · assertive framing

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Tehran summoned Sweden's ambassador and ordered one of its diplomats to leave within 48 hours after Stockholm expelled an Iranian embassy official for activities "incompatible with the Vienna Convention." asserted

Stockholm → summon → Convention

Tehran has ordered a Swedish diplomat to leave Iranian territory within 48 hours, after Sweden expelled an Iranian diplomat from its embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday over activities described as incompatible with diplomatic norms. asserted

Sweden → order → norms

he → summon → groups

Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement that Sweden's decision to restrict the activities of an Iranian diplomat was "baseless" and attributed it to alleged Israeli influence, describing the move as an attempt to disrupt normal operations at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm. asserted

decision → say → Stockholm

Tehran warned that any disruption of the embassy's work would engage Sweden's international responsibility under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. asserted

disruption → warn → Relations

Sweden's foreign ministry had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Stockholm on Wednesday and ordered the expulsion of one of his embassy's diplomats, citing "improper activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention." asserted

ministry → summon → Convention

It gave no further details of what those activities involved. asserted

activities → give → what

Sweden and Iran have a history of diplomatic confrontations. asserted

Sweden → have → confrontations

In June 2024, two Swedish citizens, Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi, were released in a prisoner swap in exchange for Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian prison official who had been serving a life sentence in Sweden. asserted

who → release → Sweden

Nouri was arrested at Stockholm Airport in November 2019 under universal jurisdiction and convicted for his role in the mass execution of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. asserted

Nouri → arrest → 1988

In July 2025, Sweden joined several European countries, the US and Canada in accusing Tehran of orchestrating plots to threaten, abduct and harass dissidents, journalists and activists abroad. asserted

Sweden → join → dissidents