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Wife of imprisoned academic 'disappointed' after meeting Swedish foreign minister
The wife of an Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017 said on Tuesday she was "very disappointed" after meeting Sweden's foreign minister to pressure him to secure her spouse's release.