TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday that a dual national arrested during June’s 12-day war with Israel, and who has since been put on trial for espionage, holds Swedish citizenship.

Tehran has given few details on the case, one of multiple arrests that took place during and after the war, in which Israel and then the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities, and Iran barraged Israel with missiles.

Several of those convicted of working for the Mossad spy agency were subsequently executed.

“Recently, a case was investigated in Alborz Province regarding a dual-citizen spy. This person received Swedish citizenship in 2020 and has resided there since,” said judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online news agency.

“This person was identified and arrested on charges of spying for the Zionist regime during the 12-Day War,” he added.

Jahangir claimed that the defendant, whom he did not name, was recruited by Israel in 2023 and “was able to meet in the capitals of six European countries with the [Israeli] agents and receive the necessary training.”

He claimed that the defendant........

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