According to a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency on the 17th, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the same day requesting that a Swedish diplomat leave the country within 48 hours in response to Sweden blocking an Iranian diplomat from continuing to perform his duties. The report quoted a statement as saying that the Swedish government previously requested a diplomat from the Iranian Embassy in Sweden to leave the country and accused Iran of interfering in Sweden's security affairs. Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Swiss accusations “baseless” and condemned Switzerland's decision to prevent Iranian diplomats from continuing to perform their duties. On the same day, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish ambassador to Iran to express Iran's protest and informed Switzerland that a diplomat from the Swedish embassy in Iran must leave Iran within 48 hours.

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