Family of Iranian prisoner Hamid Nouri harassed in appeals hearing in Stockholm

The family of jailed Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri have once again been harassed by supporters of the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) as they arrived to attend his latest appeals court session in the Swedish city of Stockholm.

The new round of harassment against the Nouri family, including his daughter and grandchildren, took place ahead of the 13th session of appeals hearing of the 62-year-old Iranian prisoner at a court on the outskirts of Stockholm on Friday.

Majid and Atieh, the son and daughter of Nouri, said the MKO’s supporters started chanting anti-Iran slogans on sight and “cursing us out” upon arrival at the court.

“A guy walked up to me and started cursing us out,” Atieh said. “I turned around and told him to be ashamed of himself for doing that before the kids. ‘These are kids; they don’t deserve to be treated like that.’ But he started shouting again.”

Speaking after the hearing session on Friday, Majid pointed to the unfair procedure of Nouri’s case, saying the Swedish court officials claimed that“our witnesses were suspected of testifying under duress” and their testimony was “prearranged.”

Nouri’s son also said the officials opposed the presence of the defendant’s witnesses during the trial, stressing that the court had warned to apprehend the witnesses if they attended the hearings.

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