The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the release of Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, an Iranian national detained in Italy, and his return to his homeland, APA reports citing Mehr News Agency.
Iranian citizen Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, who was jailed in Italy over unfounded accusations, was released and is set to return home “within a few hours”, the Iranian foreign ministry's spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday afternoon.
According to the latest news aby the Iranian Judiciary media center, Abedini arrived in Tehran on Sunday evening.
Abedini Najafabadi, 38, a mechanical engineering graduate from Sharif University of Technology, was detained on December 16 by Italian police at Milan Airport while preparing to travel to Switzerland.
The arrest was made on a US warrant.
