A Swiss-Iranian businessman whose
December 16 arrest at Malpensa Airport on a US warrant for
allegedly breaching sanctions on electronic exports may be
linked to journalist Cecilia Sala's arrest in Tehran December 19
is to ask for house arrest, his lawyer said Sunday.
Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, 38, faces extradition to the US for
alleged terror charges.
He is currently being held in Milan's Opera Prison.
Sala, 29, freelance correspondent for Il Foglio and a podcaster
for Chora Media, is in a solo cell in Tehran's notorious Evin
Prison and the Italian government says it is doing all it can,
with discretion, to get her back, possibly in a swap for
Najafabadi.
The Iranian regime is demanding his release and may be making
Sala's release conditional upon this.
No charges have been formally brought against her but it is
thought she has been accused of breaking the law.
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