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EU to defend Finland, Sweden in event of Russian attack amid NATO bids
May 18, 2022 06:18European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has voiced the bloc's readiness to defend Finland and Sweden in the event of a Russian attack even before the two countries become NATO members.
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Finland, Sweden's entry into NATO to make no big difference: Russia
May 17, 2022 09:54Russia says Finland and Sweden's potential membership in NATO would probably make no difference as the pair have long participated in the military alliance's drills along with other putative neutral countries in the region.
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Russia strikes Donetsk military sites, calls NATO bid of Finland, Sweden ‘grave mistake’
May 16, 2022 09:00The Russian army has focused its fresh offensive in Ukraine on the eastern Donetsk region, targeting military sites in several towns across the restive region, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
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US, European allies rally behind Finland, Sweden in their bid to join NATO
May 13, 2022 03:52The US and some European governments say they will support Finland and Sweden joining the NATO military alliance despite Russia's warning of dire consequences.
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Family of jailed Iranian in Sweden harassed by elements of MKO terror group
May 05, 2022 09:40The family of an Iranian citizen on trial in Sweden has released shocking allegations of mistreatment as they continue to fight a lengthy legal battle for his release.
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FM slams detention, trial of Hamid Nouri as illegal, demands his immediate release
May 04, 2022 14:48Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has demanded the immediate release of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official who has been incarcerated in Sweden since 2019, saying Tehran regards his detention and trial as “illegal.”
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Iranian prisoner’s family harassed by MKO elements outside Stockholm court, eyewitness tells Press TV
May 04, 2022 00:47Members of the infamous Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), an anti-Iran terrorist group culpable of killing thousands of civilians in the country, have reportedly harassed the family of a former Iranian official, who has been illegally imprisoned in Sweden since 2019.
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Top rights official: Sweden's trial of Iranian citizen 'unlawful, unfair’
May 03, 2022 01:32Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights Kazem Gharibabadi has lambasted as “unlawful and unfair” the trial of a former Iranian official in Sweden over alleged rights abuses.
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Eid al-Fitr marred by more Qur'an burnings in Sweden
May 03, 2022 01:28Qur'an burnings have once again returned to Sweden as far-right Danish activist Rasmus Paludan desecrated the holy book outside Stockholm Central Masjid on Sunday.
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Former Iranian official jailed in Sweden put in solitary confinement for 30 months: Wife
May 02, 2022 07:44The wife of a former Iranian official illegally arrested and imprisoned in Sweden back in 2019 has complained that her husband was detained with no declared reason or evidence and placed in solitary confinement for over 30 months.