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'Very cold blood': What the release of an Iranian war criminal could mean for Australia

Published 24 June 2024, 6:34 am
Iran’s use of hostage diplomacy to secure the release of an Iranian official convicted of ‘war crimes’ has been criticised by those who appeared in his trial. The Swedish Prime Minister has called his country’s own prisoner swap a ‘cynical negotiations game', in which his citizens were used by the Islamic Republic of Iran as ‘pawns.’ The following report is produced in collaboration with Niv Sadrolodabaee from SBS Persian.
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