Iran says its will free Swedes imprisoned for spying

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Source: AP

Two Swedes imprisoned for espionage have been pardoned and will be freed later Monday, Iran's official news agency reported the Foreign Ministry as saying.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the two Swedish men will be handed over to Swedish diplomats and visiting lawmakers, the Islamic Republic News Agency said.

The Swedes had been convicted of photographing military installations and sentenced to three years imprisonment each, Iran's justice minister told reporters in May last year.

Swedish media have reported that the two men, both in their 30s, were convicted of photographing military buildings and telecommunications equipment on Qeshm, an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz about 1,400 kilometers south of the capital Tehran. They were working as construction workers when they allegedly took the photographs, according to the Swedish news agency TT.

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1. That's mighty Swede of them...

Sorry.