The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between Tehran and Washington. View on euronews

Italy’s justice minister on Sunday asked an appeals court to revoke the arrest of an Iranian citizen wanted by the US over a 2024 drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans. Mohammad

Elon Musk played no role in negotiations between Italy and Iran for the release of a journalist who was held in a Tehran prison, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, dismissing a media report that the U.

Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was released after an Italian journalist was freed by Tehran.

Tehran, IRNA – Elite Iranian citizen Mohammad Abedini, who had been arrested in Italy, arrived in Tehran on Sunday evening, according to an announcement by the Iranian Judiciary's Media Center.

Tehran, IRNA – An Iranian citizen who had been arrested in Italy, Mohammad Abedini, returned to Iran on Sunday evening, according to an announcement by the Iranian Judiciary.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has told how Elon Musk played a pivotal role in her release from an Iranian detention center.

She said she had read that Italy had arrested an Iranian engineer three days earlier at the request of the United States. The engineer, Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, was wanted for his alleged role in providing drone technology for Iran that was used in an attack that killed three American soldiers in Jordan.

An Italian journalist who was detained in Iran has said she assumed she would have been held much longer, and said her boyfriend’s contact with Elon Musk might have been “fundamental” to her release.

Italy released Mohammad Abedini, 38, an Iranian wanted by the U.S. government, and returned him to Tehran amid allegations that he was involved in a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members early last year.

Musk helped secure the release of Sala by reaching out to Iran’s ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, according to two Iranian officials, one a senior diplomat at the Foreign Ministry, who are both familiar with the terms of the prisoner exchange. They asked that their names not to be published because they were discussing a sensitive issue.