Iran Executes Swedish-Iranian Dissident Habib Farajollah Chaab for Terrorism Charges

Iran executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people. Farajollah Cha’ab, also known as Habib Asyoud, had been a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, an Arab separatist movement that has conducted oil pipeline bombings and other attacks in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province. The execution comes amid tensions with the West, including over Iran's nuclear program, and at least one more prisoner with Western ties faces a possible execution. Sweden, Finland, and Norway condemned the execution, and Iran has used prisoners as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West.