L’Iran conferma l’arresto del giornalista italiano pochi giorni dopo la detenzione

The punchline is somewhere half-way down the article

>It is believed Iran’s detention of the Italian journalist might be a retaliatory move in response to the arrest of an Iranian national in Italy earlier this month.

>Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, a 38-year-old Swiss-Iranian businessman, was detained at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a US warrant three days before Cecilia Sala’s arrest in Tehran.

>He faces charges of illegally exporting electronic devices that could be used in drones and is accused of criminal association with the purpose of terrorism.

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It looks like they certainly learned something from Putin. A few years later exchanging a journalist for a sanctions buster will be [presented](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/01/russia-prisoner-swap-evan-gershkovich) as a good deal.

Wow, she is beautiful.