Abedini makes fresh request for house arrest

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 9 - The defence lawyers of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, an Iranian engineer arrested at the city's Malpensa airport last month on a warrant issued by the US, have made a fresh request for house arrest, sources said on Thursday.
    The request is for house arrest with an electronic bracelet at a different Milan apartment than that used for the previous request, the sources said.
    Abedini, who is being held at Milan's Opera prison, is accused of exporting drone parts allegedly used to kill three US servicemen in Jordan a year ago.
    Prosecutors opposed the previous request saying there was a danger of Abedini taking flight.
    The previous request did not contemplate an electronic bracelet.
    Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in Iran three days after Abedini's detention.
    She is back in Italy after being released by the Iranian authorities on Wednesday. (ANSA).