Borrell confirms Swedish EU diplomat held in Iran
3 years agoHigh Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell holds a joint press conference with Spain's minister of foreign affairs during an informal meeting of EU foreing affairs ministers held in Toledo on August 31, 2023, in the framework of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell noted today the military coup in Gabon could not be compared to the crisis in Niger, arguing officers intervened after ousted president Ali Bongo won an unfair election. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP)
The European Union's top diplomat confirmed on Tuesday that Johan Floderus, a Swedish diplomat working for the EU, has been held captive in Iran for more than 500 days. …
