Five teenagers go before a Swedish court Wednesday over the alleged attempted murder of a dissident Iranian researcher in the south of the country.
The researcher Arvin Khoshnood — who is a supporter of the son of the last Shah of Iran — has told Swedish media he believes the attack was ordered by a criminal network at the behest of Iranian authorities.
According to the prosecution, on September 2, 2025, one of the defendants, armed with a knife, rang the doorbell at Khoshnood’s home in the southern city of Malmo.
Khoshnood’s wife opened the door, and the man, 16 at the time, asked her if her husband was home.
The researcher, who was inside, stayed out of sight and immediately called police, according to the charge sheet.
The teenager had been recruited via encrypted messaging apps by his co-defendants, with the promise of a payment if he killed Khoshnood, prosecutors say.
They say three of the accused, and a fourth person believed to be the mastermind — whose identity had not been established — gave him instructions, provided the knife and negotiated the terms of his “contract” before he took action.
Three of the five are charged with attempted murder, and the others of complicity.
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