since Asadollah Asadi's trial in Belgium, Ahmadreza Djalali's situation has become a "hostage-taking". On 21 May 2022, Djalali's attorney Helaleh Moussavian told AFP that his defense team had requested a retrial from the judicial authority. Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib said that Djalali's "espionage for the Zionist regime has been proven and his death sentence has gone through all judicial stages." In June 2022, Private Eye explained that Iran appeared to be holding Djalali as a hostage in a vain attempt to secure the release of Hamid Nouri, a former prosecutor in Iran accused of involvement in 5,000 political executions in the 1980s. See also Niloufar Bayani Scholars at Risk List of foreign nationals detained in Iran References External links Letter from EUA calling for release SAR Case Information on Djalali Human Rights in Iran (UN page) International Observatory of Human Rights Video on the case 1971 births Living people People from Sarab, East Azerbaijan Iranian prisoners sentenced to death Iranian emigrants to Sweden Inmates of Evin Prison People convicted of spying for Israel Prisoners sentenced to death by Iran University of Eastern Piedmont alumni Karolinska Institute alumni Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni Iran–Israel proxy conflict