Key facts
- Sweden expelled an official from the Iranian embassy in Stockholm.
- The expulsion was due to activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
- Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer stated Iran has conducted security-threatening activities in and against Sweden.
- These activities targeted opposition figures, as well as various Jewish and Israeli interests in Sweden.
- Strömmer noted that criminal networks were used in these activities.
- Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard stated the expulsion was to protect Swedish citizens and interests.
Sweden's foreign ministry summoned Iran's ambassador on Wednesday and asked an official at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm to leave the country. The ministry cited activities incompatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, without specifying the nature of the activity.