Italy releases Iranian citizen held on a U.S. warrant over drone attack in Jordan
Rome After the Italian justice minister requested that a court annul his arrest, Italy on Sunday freed an Iranian national who was wanted by the United States for a drone strike in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago.
Iranian state television stated Sunday afternoon that Mohammad Abedini had already returned to Iran.
In relation to his request for home detention while awaiting extradition to the United States, he was expected to appear in court in Milan on Wednesday.
Three days before to the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala during a reporting trip to Iran, Abedini was taken into custody on a U.S. warrant on December 16. Last week, Sala, who was thought to have been used as leverage to secure Abedini's release, went back to his homeland.
Abedini has been charged by the ...