"We will not stop" until Johan Floderus is freed, Josep Borell said on Tuesday, confirming the identity of the Swedish national held prisoner in Iran, Report informs via Euronews.
The 33-year-old Swedish was an employee of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the bloc's foreign policy chief said.
Johan Floderus was detained in April 2022 by Iranian authorities and has been held for more than 500 days in the Evin prison, in Teheran.
The details of the case were first revealed by the New York Times on Monday morning. In its initial reaction, the European Commission refused to identify the person, simply indicating the case involved a Swedish national who was being used as a "pawn for political reasons" by the Iranian government.