Two Swedish men charged with spying for Russia go on trial

The naturalised Swedish citizens face sentences up to life imprisonment if convicted.

Two unidentified people are seen approaching a house where the Swedish security service allegedly arrested two people on suspicion of espionage in a predawn operation in Stockholm on Tuesday (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/AP)

A trial is underway in Sweden in the case of two Iranian-born Swedish brothers charged with spying for Russia and its military intelligence service GRU for a decade.

Peyman Kia, 42, and Payam Kia, 35, appeared before the Stockholm District Court to face accusations they worked together to pass information to Russia between September 28 2011 and September 20 2021.