{"id":58807,"date":"2026-05-21T14:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/?p=58807"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:45:14","slug":"sweden-sentences-teen-over-plot-to-kill-iranian-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/?p=58807","title":{"rendered":"Sweden Sentences Teen over Plot to Kill Iranian Researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenager who turned up on the doorstep of an Iranian researcher in southern Sweden armed with a knife was sentenced Thursday to almost four years in a young offenders institution.<\/p>\n

The teenager was convicted along with two others of a plot to kill Arvin Khoshnood, a high-profile academic who maintains that the Iranian government was ultimately behind the attack.<\/p>\n

The youngster was recruited through messaging apps by the other defendants and promised a payment to kill Khoshnood.<\/p>\n

He showed up at Khoshnood’s house in the city of Malmo in September last year and spoke to the researcher’s wife.<\/p>\n

The researcher stayed inside and called the police. He has since been living in hiding at another address, his lawyer told AFP during the trial.<\/p>\n

“The court considers it established that A.N. armed himself with a knife and went to the victim’s home with the intention of killing him,” the Uddevalla court wrote in its ruling.<\/p>\n

The court found there was not enough evidence for a charge of attempted murder and reclassified the offence as preparatory acts to commit murder.<\/p>\n

The main defendant was handed three years and nine months in a juvenile detention center.<\/p>\n

Khoshnood regularly appears in Swedish media as an expert on Iran.<\/p>\n

On social media, he supports Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah, who lives in exile in the United States and leads one of many opposition movements based abroad.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n

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