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 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.

Mehdi Taremi was “ice cold” in Inter Milan’s Serie A win over Lecce yesterday, while Davide Frattesi was “ravenous.”This is the view in today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper

The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.

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

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