{"id":81941,"date":"2021-09-10T13:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=81941"},"modified":"2021-09-13T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T08:37:00","slug":"why-trial-iranian-sweden-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/81941-why-trial-iranian-sweden-big-deal.html","title":{"rendered":"Why the trial of an Iranian in Sweden is a \"big deal\""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In the middle of the summer,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/81098-iran-first-trial-1988-massacres-stockholm.html\">a trial of considerable historical and symbolic significance for the Iranians<\/a>&nbsp;opened in Sweden. That of one Iranian prison official, alleged to have played a role in mass executions carried out in 1988, that left thousands of&nbsp;prisoners dead.&nbsp;In this new podcast our correspondents and partners from Asymmetrical Haircuts have invited two legal activists,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GissouNia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gissou Nia<\/a>, from&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranhrdc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iran Human Rights Documentation Center,&nbsp;<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidaSamani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aida Samani<\/a>, from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Defenders<\/a>, an NGO based in Stockholm. Both are closely monitoring this new universal jurisdiction trial. \u00ab It\u2019s a big deal, because it\u2019s the first time that a representative of the Islamic Republic is brought to account for core international crimes in a criminal legal proceeding&nbsp;\u00bb, says Nia during this insightful exchange.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To listen to the podcast, click on the \"play\" button below:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/80801713\/#darkOrLight-Light&amp;shownotes-ffffff&amp;download-ffffff&amp;subscribe-ffffff&amp;share-382e2c&amp;shownotesBackground-ffc72c&amp;downloadBackground-382e2c&amp;subscribeBackground-9b9593&amp;shareBackground-ffffff\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\"><iframe\/><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Our most faithful listeners will have by now realised that we are very interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/tribunals\/universal-jurisdiction\">universal jurisdiction<\/a>, since we have talked about it multiple times. This time we are going to dissect a very recent case which started being heard in Sweden in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iranian-charged-with-war-crimes-by-swedish-court-1988-prison-killing-2021-07-27\/\" target=\"_blank\">An Iranian 60 year old citizen was apprehended in Stockholm<\/a> in late 2019, and has now to defend himself from very heavy war crimes accusations. He allegedly took active part in the so-called 1988 Iranian massacre, when over 5000 political prisoners were summarily executed in the span of 3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trial of this kind, which could never take place in Iran under current conditions, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/swedish-trial-paves-the-way-for-accountability-for-irans-human-rights-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\">has the potential of showing the way in prosecuting these kinds of crimes <\/a>committed in the country, crimes which families still suffer the consequences from, having being denied closure for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To discuss this case and its implications for citizens of Iran and members of its diaspora, we turned to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GissouNia\" target=\"_blank\">Gissou Nia<\/a> \u2013 Board Chair of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iranhrdc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Iran Human Rights Documentation Center <\/a>and Head of Strategic Litigation at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Council<\/a> \u2013 and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AidaSamani\" target=\"_blank\">Aida Samani<\/a> \u2013 Legal Advisor to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/crd.org\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Rights Defenders<\/a>, an NGO based in Stockholm \u2013 who are both closely monitoring the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articleLink articleLink--editorRecommanded articleLink--textInImage articleLink--textTop\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"articleLinkSurTitle\">Recommended reading<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"articleLinkImageLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/81098-iran-first-trial-1988-massacres-stockholm.html\"><div class=\"articleLinkImageContainer \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-Sweden_1988-massacre-Washington-photo-exhibit_@Saul-Loeb-AFP-540x360.jpg\" class=\"articleLinkImage backgroundImageTag w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Activist in front of thousands of photos of victims of the 1988 massacres in Iran\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-Sweden_1988-massacre-Washington-photo-exhibit_@Saul-Loeb-AFP-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-Sweden_1988-massacre-Washington-photo-exhibit_@Saul-Loeb-AFP-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-Sweden_1988-massacre-Washington-photo-exhibit_@Saul-Loeb-AFP-1110x740.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iran-Sweden_1988-massacre-Washington-photo-exhibit_@Saul-Loeb-AFP.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/81098-iran-first-trial-1988-massacres-stockholm.html\" class=\"articleLinkTitle articleLinkTitle--default\">\r\n\t\t\tIran: first trial for 1988 massacres opens in Stockholm\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AH-Iran-Sweden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AH-Iran-Sweden.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/AH-Iran-Sweden-730x385.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><figcaption>A<em>ida Samani (top left) and Gissou Nia (top right) get us up to speed on the Iran court case in Sweden<\/em>. \u00a9 Asymmetrical Haircuts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-encadre\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pull-left\" title=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" src=\"media\/Asymmetrical-Haircuts-podcast_logo.png\" alt=\"Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\">ASYMMETRICAL HAIRCUTS<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between JusticeInfo.net and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Asymmetrical Haircuts<\/a>, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the summer,&nbsp;a trial of considerable historical and symbolic significance for the Iranians&nbsp;opened in Sweden. 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