A court of first instance in Stockholm sentenced this Thursday to life imprisonment a former Swedish intelligence worker of Iranian origin for conducting espionage work for Russia.
peyman kia42, was sentenced for serious espionagewhile his brother Payam Kia35, received a sentence of nine years and ten months for unauthorized handling of confidential information.
The court found it proven that both collaborated for a decade with the Russian Central Intelligence Department (GRU), supplying over a hundred classified documents during that period.
The older brother, who had worked for the Swedish intelligence service (Säpo) and the Nordic country’s Military Intelligence and Security Service, was the one who sent the documents, while the younger one participated in planning the criminal acts and facilitated the contacts. with Russia.
“It has been established without the slightest doubt that the brothers, jointly, in an unauthorized manner and in order to assist Russia and the GRU, obtained, transported and supplied information whose disclosure to a foreign power may cause harm to the security of Sweden“, stated in the ruling, part of which is subject to confidentiality.
The brothers, born in Iran but with Swedish nationality, were arrested in autumn 2021 and have remained in pretrial detention ever since. The trial, in which the defendants pleaded not guilty, was held for the most part behind closed doors.
Source: Lasexta
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