The news that lifer Hamid Noury has been released sparks outrage.
We think it's bloody ridiculous, says lawyer Kenneth Lewis, who was a plaintiff's assistant during the trial against Hamid Noury.
Noury has been sentenced to life imprisonment for gross crimes against humanity and murder. The verdict was appealed to the Supreme Court, which did not grant a trial permit.
Since it became known that Noury was released, many of Kenneth Lewis's clients have contacted him.
They are outraged and extremely upset. It's not reasonable that the Swedish government releases this man who has been sentenced by a Swedish court to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity and murder.
"Can't understand"
Lewis says they have all the understanding for the fact that it's a pity for the Swedes who were taken as hostages by the regime in Iran.
But we can't really understand that this was the only thing they could do to get the Swedes released.
He wonders how it happened.
Have they pardoned him? They must have almost done so. We can hope that someone in parliament takes the government to the constitutional committee or in some other way questions how this has gone.
The strongest card
Swedish Amnesty criticises the fact that the Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali is not included in the prisoner exchange.
Anna Johansson, Secretary-General of Amnesty in Sweden, says that Sweden has now played its absolute strongest card to get Ahmadreza Djalali released.
Here remains a question to the Swedish government: How will it now act to ensure that he is also released and gets the opportunity to reunite with his family here at home in Sweden?
Ahmadreza Djalali has been imprisoned for eight years and is sentenced to death.
Anna Johansson says that it is, of course, delightful that both Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi have been released and can reunite with their families.
