Iran accuses jailed Swedish EU diplomat of conspiring with Israel

​Iranian authorities have accused a Swedish EU diplomat, held in a Tehran prison for more than 600 days, of conspiring with Iran's arch-enemy Israel to harm the Islamic republic, the judiciary said Sunday. "Johan Floderus is accused of extensive measures against the security of the country, extensive intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime and corruption on earth," the judiciary's Mizan Online news agency said. Corruption on earth is one of Iran's most serious offences which carries a maximum penalty of death.

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