Wife of Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran: "They want to sacrifice my husband"

Vida Mehrannia is trying to save her husband's life. Iran is scheduled to put him to death within nine days - by May 21.

To Iran, the 50-year-old Ahmad Reza Jalali is a spy for Israel. To his colleagues, he is a respected physician specialized in disaster medicine, a most demanding field. To Mehrannia, he is a beloved husband.

"It's a nightmare," she told The Associated Press from Stockholm, where she lives with her 10-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter who have not seen their father in the six years since his arrest. "They want to sacrifice my husband."