Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who was detained in Italy on a U.S. warrant, will return to Iran within the coming hours, the Iranian information company Mizan stated on Sunday, after Italy’s justice minister filed to revoke his arrest.
Abedini was arrested in Milan final month for allegedly supplying drone components that Washington says have been utilized in a 2024 assault that killed three U.S. service members in Jordan.
“Mohammad Abedini was detained resulting from a misunderstanding which was resolved by way of … Iran’s international ministry efforts and negotiations between the involved departments of the intelligence ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Italian intelligence providers,” reported Mizan, the information company of Iran’s judiciary.
Iran denied involvement within the drone assault and dismissed accusations that it had imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was freed on Wednesday and returned dwelling, in Tehran to stress Rome into releasing Abedini.
Earlier on Sunday, the Italian justice ministry stated the minister requested that Abedini’s arrest be revoked. Underneath Italian regulation, courts should abide by the request.
“Minister (Carlo) Nordio filed a request with the Milan Courtroom of Attraction to revoke the arrest of Iranian citizen Abedininajafabadi Mohammad,” the ministry stated in a press release.
Nordio wrote that authorized situations weren’t in place to extradite Abedini as that might solely be completed for offences punishable each in Italy and in the USA.
The assertion stated violations of the U.S. Worldwide Financial Emergency Powers Act didn’t correspond to conduct recognisable as a criminal offense beneath Italian regulation. It added there was no proof corroborating the opposite expenses of supporting a terrorist organisation.
A spokesperson for the Italian justice ministry stated he was not conscious if Abedini had already left jail.
Nordio stated in an interview printed on Thursday that the U.S. had not but submitted a proper request to extradite Abedini.
