TEHRAN – The family of an Iranian citizen, unlawfully detained by the Swedish government, has disclosed that Hamid Nouri is being deprived of medical treatment for a leg injury he sustained while in custody.

“We aren’t allowed to stay in touch with him. So, we don’t know how his leg got broken. But we know that despite his old age, he has been kept in a jail cell for at least a week without receiving any treatment for his broken leg,” Nouri’s son told Iranian media. 

Nouri is a former judiciary official in Iran. The Swedish government arrested him in 2019 upon his arrival at Amsterdam’s airport. An appeals court upheld a life sentence for the Iranian citizen in December, accusing him of “violation of international humanitarian law”. 

Iran has slammed the ruling as baseless and informed authorities in Sweden that it will be filing a lawsuit against the Scandinavian state in the International Court of Justice. 

Nouri was prosecuted based on claims made by the Mojahedin-e-Khalq organization, a terror outfit that has killed over 17,000 Iranians in the past years. 

Nouri’s family members routinely got harassed by the terror group as they attended court sessions in Sweden last year and have expressed concern about the deteriorating health of Nouri several times. The Iranian citizen kept in Swedish jail is also suffering from acute vision problems but has not been receiving any medical care, according to his family. He has also been physically assaulted by Swedish authorities at least three times.