Sweden Concerned About Spy Arrests After Iran-Israel War That Didn't Happen
Al-Monitor reports Sweden summoned Iran’s ambassador over the sentence of an Iranian-Swedish dual national convicted of spying for Israel. The article claims the arrest occurred during Iran’s “June war with Israel.” Oddly, public records and global news archives show no evidence of such a war. One might wonder if this 'war' happened in a redacted timeline, or perhaps exclusively on the hard drives
of intelligence agencies targeting dual nationals. The media's casual invocation of a phantom war to explain an espionage conviction against an Iranian-Swedish individual raises uncomfortable questions about journalistic diligence, or perhaps, the convenient propagation of narratives. When the 'facts' of a case rely on a conflict that exists only in print, it's less about reporting and more about
constructing a reality to fit a particular agenda.