c/europe · by CAVOK@lemmy.world · 2ySwedish EU diplomat jailed in Iran faces charges of spying for Israel https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20231210-swedish-eu-diplomat-jailed-in-iran-faces-charges-of-spying-for-israel33 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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neeeeDanke@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y
How is arresting a diplomat not a bigger scandal?
angrymouse@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
He was not in a official mission.
neeeeDanke@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
Fair then (not the arrest obv.), I didn't spot that in the article linked in the post, quite an important detail to leave out.
jet@hackertalks.com · 6 pts · 2y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Johan_Floderus
He is a diplomat, who took a holiday trip to Iran, so he was not officially on a diplomatic mission when he was arrested. So the normal considerations of diplomats does not apply here.
He is being held hostage in his free time, as it were.
frostbiker@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
News like these are the reason why I don't visit authoritarian or corrupt countries. Well, that and because I'm broke.
Something_Complex@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Admit it, it's because you broke. But also because the dictator position is already taken