Amid growing bilateral tensions, Iran on Saturday announced the arrest of an unidentified Swedish national on espionage charges.
The suspect had been under surveillance during previous multiple visits to Iran, which led to investigations and arrest owing to his "suspicious behavior and contacts" and visits to cities not frequented by tourists, said an Intelligence Ministry statement.
The person had visited Iran recently after the arrest of "another European spy" to "obtain information" on the identity of that person, it added.
The arrest comes after dozens of similar arrests of Europeans and dual nationals by Iran in recent months on various security-related charges.
It is unclear whether the case is related to what the Swedish Foreign Ministry said in May about a Swedish national detained in Iran, just days after issuing a travel advisory urging its citizens not to visit the country.
Relations between Sweden and Iran have been difficult since Sweden detained and put on trial a former Iranian official on charges of war crimes for the mass execution and torture of political prisoners at an Iranian prison in the 1980s.
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