Iran says it will execute Iranian-Swedish scientist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Upon their release, the UK was supposed to unblock funds it owed Iran but was withholding in compliance with US sanctions.
45% : Jalali is one of a dozen such dual citizens of Western countries being held in Iran on various national security related charges.
44% : A protester holds a noose during a demonstration organized by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran to protest the inauguration of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi outside Downing Street in central London Aug. 5, 2021.
39% : Many have speculated that Iran announced Jalali's execution, which is planned for May 21, as a bargaining chip in the trial of former Iranian official Hamid Nouri in Sweden.
38% : Whenever their cases are raised by foreign governments, Iran typically raises its own grievances, typically about money owed to Tehran.
38% : He is now under house arrest and cannot leave Iran despite reportedly suffering from health conditions.
37% : Though Iranian officials claim that there has been no issues with the use of the money for humanitarian purchases, according to some Western reports, there has been confusion about how much Iran has received.
37% : Siamak was arrested in 2015, his father traveled to Iran to help him and was arrested himself.
33% : One of the many points of confusion over the deal between Iran and the UK was that it was reported to have included the release of Morad Tahbaz from prison, though not from Iran.

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