{"id":38542,"date":"2026-09-18T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/tehran-orders-swedish-diplomat-to-leave-iran-within-48-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:39:39","slug":"tehran-orders-swedish-diplomat-to-leave-iran-within-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/tehran-orders-swedish-diplomat-to-leave-iran-within-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran orders Swedish diplomat to leave Iran within 48 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2711053.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"item-text\">\n<p>In a statement issued on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry condemned Sweden\u2019s decision to expel of an employee of Iran\u2019s embassy in Stockholm over alleged security concerns, describing the move as unjustified and contrary to international law.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said Sweden required the Iranian diplomat to leave the country \u201cwithout any justified reason\u201d while simultaneously making baseless allegations about Iran\u2019s involvement in Sweden\u2019s security affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout doubt, this action by the Swedish government is the result of the influence of the Zionist regime and an effort to disrupt the normal activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s Embassy in Stockholm,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also referred to Sweden\u2019s obligations under international law, including the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, warning that disruption of the Iranian embassy\u2019s duties would entail Sweden\u2019s international responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>It said Iran would take necessary measures to safeguard its national rights and interests, including through reciprocal action.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish ambassador was summoned to Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry on Thursday morning by Alireza Yousefi, director general of the ministry\u2019s Western Europe Department, where Iran conveyed its strong protest over what it described as Sweden\u2019s destructive policies toward Iran.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, the Swedish ambassador was also informed of Iran\u2019s objection to Sweden\u2019s decision concerning the Iranian diplomat and other issues, including Sweden\u2019s \u201chosting of anti-Iranian terrorist elements and groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the ambassador was informed that, in response to Sweden\u2019s action, one Swedish diplomat in Tehran has been given 48 hours to leave Iran, with the reasons for the decision explained to the ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>MNA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mehrnews.com\/news\/247847\/Tehran-orders-Swedish-diplomat-to-leave-Iran-within-48-hours\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement issued on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry condemned Sweden\u2019s decision to expel of an employee of Iran\u2019s embassy in Stockholm over alleged security concerns, describing the move as unjustified and contrary to international law. The ministry said Sweden required the Iranian diplomat to leave the country \u201cwithout any justified reason\u201d while simultaneously making &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamsonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}