Intelligence expert Joakim von Braun told Swedish broadcaster SVT as the trial opened that even though many details remain unknown, it appeared to be one of most damaging cases of espionage in Sweden's history because the men compiled a list of all the employees within SAPO. Swedish media said that Peyman Kia worked for the armed forces' foreign defence intelligence agency, whose Swedish acronym is MUST, and reportedly worked with a top-secret unit under MUST which was dealing with Swedish spies abroad. Sweden's prosecutors allege that the data they gave the Russians originated from several authorities within the Swedish security and intelligence service, known by its acronym SAPO. Peyman Kia, 42, and Payam Kia, 35, appeared before the Stockholm District Court to face accusations of having worked jointly to pass information to Russia between September 28 in 2011 and September 20, 2021.Ä«etween 20, Peyman Kia worked for Sweden's domestic intelligence agency and also for Sweden's armed forces. A trial opened on Friday in Sweden in the case of two Iranian-born Swedish brothers who have been charged with spying for Russia and its military intelligence service GRU for a decade.
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