RFL/RE – Iran said on December 25 that it would continue efforts to gain the release of a former Iranian official sentenced in Sweden to life in prison for his part in a mass execution of political prisoners in Iran. “This unjust and outrageous ruling does not end Iran’s diplomatic efforts to repatriate and free this Iranian citizen, and we will use all legal and available means,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said, without providing details. Last week, a Swedish appeals court upheld the guilty verdict and life sentence for murder and serious crimes against international law for the former Iranian official Hamid Noury.