Swedish-Iranian Ahmadreza Djalali, a former researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, was arrested during a conference trip in Iran in 2016 and later sentenced to death for espionage. The execution of the sentence has been postponed several times.
Swedish authorities and organizations, including Amnesty, have unsuccessfully tried to secure Ahmadreza Djalali's release.
"How is it possible that nothing happens?"
It has been a long time since his wife Vida Mehrannia spoke directly to him. But a month ago, she was told by family in Iran that Ahmadreza Djalali's health is still difficult.
Vida Mehrannia is critical of the lack of results in the work to get him released. She now wants to meet Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M).
"I have asked for a meeting several times. He should know that we are suffering from this the four of us, me, my children and my husband in Iran," she said.
How do you think Swedish authorities handled the case?
"They follow it, but it's not enough. My husband is sentenced to death, he is suffering and his situation has not changed. How is it possible that nothing happens if they work the case?
Foreign Ministry: Do what we can
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes in an email to SVT Nyheter that they are still working on the case.
"Sweden's efforts for Ahmadreza Djalali continue unabated. Ahmadreza Djalali's situation is continuously raised with high-level representatives of Iran. Sweden has long demanded that the death penalty not be carried out", writes the Foreign Ministry and continues:
"It is clear that the circumstances in which Ahmadreza Djalali is being held constitute a serious threat to his health. The reports that have reached us on Ahmadreza Djalali's health make it necessary for him to be released on humanitarian grounds. This has been conveyed to high-level representatives of Iran."