A document delivered by US judicial
officials to an appeals court in Milan says Mohammed Abedini
Najafabadi, a Swiss-Iranian citizen arrested at Milan's Malpensa
airport at the request of the United States, is a dangerous
individual and must remain in prison.
The four-page document was delivered through diplomatic channels
to the Italian judges a few days after the arrest of the
38-year-old on December 16, before his defence attorney Alfredo
de Francesco asked the court to grant him house arrest.
The appeals court is set to rule on the request.
Abedini is currently detained at Milan's Opera prison.
The note of the Department of Justice of Massachusetts is set to
be examined by the State attorney's office at Milan's appeals
court which will need to provide a non-binding opinion on the
request to place Abedini under house arrest.
According to judicial sources, the State attorney's office is
scheduled to deliver its opinion on Friday and the appeals court
is expected to schedule a hearing next week on the case.
Abedini was picked up at Milan's Malpensa Aiport on a US warrant
for allegedly supplying drone parts allegedly used in a January
2023 attack that killed three US servicemen in Jordan.
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