Mohammad Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a US warrant on 16 December, accused of supplying the technology for a drone strike in Jordan which killed three US service personnel.
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00:00Iran has warned Italy that it risks harming bilateral relations if it doesn't release
00:06an Iranian citizen arrested on a U.S. warrant.
00:10Mohamed Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan airport on the 16th of December.
00:17The U.S. Justice Department accuses him of supplying Iran with the drone technology used
00:22in a January 2024 attack in Jordan that killed three American troops.
00:28Three days later, the Italian reporter Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran.
00:34She had arrived in the country on the 13th of December on a journalist's visa and was
00:38arrested on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic.
00:43Italian commentators have speculated that Iran is holding Sala as a bargaining chip
00:47to ensure Abedini's release.
00:50Iran's foreign ministry said Abedini's arrest was an illegal act that's done based on the
00:55U.S. demand.