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NATO formally invites Finland, Sweden to join bloc, Russia calls it 'destabilizing factor'
Jun 29, 2022 15:56NATO on Wednesday formally invited Sweden and Finland to join the US-led military alliance, in a historic expansion of the 30-member bloc, triggering strong reaction from Russia that called it “a purely destabilizing factor.”
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Iran censures Sweden's trial of Iranian national as 'siding with MKO terrorists'
Jun 27, 2022 05:33Unlawful and unfair; this is how experts refer to Sweden's trial of Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official, who has been in detention in Sweden for the past two years over alleged prisoner abuse in 1988.
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Iranian citizen in Sweden jail objects to his detention conditions
Jun 25, 2022 06:50A former Iranian official who has been incarcerated in Sweden since 2019 on false charges leveled against him by an anti-Iran terrorist organization has strongly objected to his detention conditions, 53 days after the end of his court hearings.
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US Senate panel approves Finland, Sweden’s bid to join NATO
Jun 10, 2022 08:11The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a bill calling on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to quickly admit Finland and Sweden, in a move designed to further increase tensions with Russia.
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MKO terrorists attack Press TV correspondent covering exhibition on their crimes in Stockholm
Jun 10, 2022 05:28Members of anti-Iran terrorist grouplet, Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), have attacked the reporter and accompanying news team of Press TV, which were in the Swedish capital to prepare a report on an exhibition held in Stockholm on the group’s crimes.
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NATO says doesn't guarantee non-deployment of nuclear weapons in Finland, Sweden
Jun 08, 2022 08:33The US-led NATO alliance says it does not guarantee Russia that it will not deploy nuclear weapons on the territories of its two prospective new members, Finland and Sweden.
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Family worried as Iranian held incommunicado in Swedish detention
Jun 02, 2022 05:40A former Iranian official, wrongfully accused and jailed in Sweden, has been held incommunicado for almost a month, his relatives say.
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Turkey: Finland, Sweden must amend laws if needed to meet NATO demands
May 31, 2022 16:54The Turkish foreign minister says Finland and Sweden must amend their laws if needed to meet Turkey's demands and win Ankara's backing for their NATO membership bid, doubling down on a threat to veto the expansion of the US-led military alliance so long as the two Nordic states failed to stop supporting terrorist groups.
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Erdogan says Turkey will not allow ‘terrorism-supporting’ states join NATO
May 30, 2022 06:33Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries enter NATO, days after Sweden and Finland submitted official bids to join the US-led military alliance.
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Turkey threatens to block Nordic NATO bids over ‘security concerns’
May 26, 2022 10:59Turkey has threatened to obstruct the process of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance if the two Nordic states fail to address Ankara’s “security concerns” related to the pair’s support for Kurdish militants outlawed in Turkey.