Is there a connection between the arrest of Cecilia Sala and the arrest of Iranian-Swiss citizen Mohammad Abedini, who was stopped last December 16 in Malpensa, Digos, on the orders of the US judicial authority? At the moment this is speculation, but the temporal coincidence has not gone unnoticed. Also because Iran has officially protested the arrest of Najafabadi in recent days and another Iranian citizen was stopped in the United States.
The charges were not formalized
According to leaks, Foglio journalist, the author of popular podcasts, was taken from the hotel where he was staying in Tehran last December 19 and taken to Evin prison on the outskirts of the capital under isolation. cell. This is the same institute where travel blogger Alessia Piperno was imprisoned for 45 days and where dissidents are imprisoned. The reasons for the arrest are officially unknown because no specific charges have been formalized against Sala, other than general references to “illegal conduct”.
Calabresi’s story
The journalist came to Iran on December 12 with an eight-day visa. He conducted various interviews in the capital of Iran, including with Hossein Kanaani, one of the founders of the Revolutionary Guards. “He started holding his meetings,” said Mario Calabresi, director of Chora Media, where the journalist produces the podcast ‘Stories’. “A mechanic from the Embassy followed him. He did the first three episodes of Stories.”
“On Friday the 20th – Calabresi emphasizes – she was supposed to return to Italy, but she disappeared the day before. The phone went silent. This worried us very much because Cecilia is a very meticulous, punctual, methodical journalist and works with a great team. That day His podcast was supposed to arrive around 2.30pm, but he didn’t send anything and he hadn’t checked in for the flight, so it was obvious Farnesina crisis unit was notified and he didn’t get on the plane until mid-day. “He couldn’t make a phone call to his mother.” Calabresi added that the Italian government “is the institution that can do this” and that “from the first minute Farnesina and Palazzo Chigi were very present and very active.”
Iranian stopped in Malpensa three days before Cecilia Sala’s arrest
It cannot be ruled out that Sala’s arrest was related to reasons independent of his profession. And that this is linked to the Mohammed Abedini incident that occurred just three days ago. Just inferences, at least so far. But coincidence makes one think. The 38-year-old Iranian was arrested by the order of the US judicial authority and accused of providing material support to a “foreign terrorist organization”, “Ircg – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps” and the Iranian Pasdaran. The USA is a terrorist organization with universal effects. Again, according to US investigators, Abedini cooperated with them “through the supply of electronic components for the construction of lethal weapons (UAVs).”
The 38-year-old is the founder and chief executive of an Iranian company that produces navigation modules used in Pasdaran’s military drone program, at least according to the accusation. Again, according to the Americans, the company’s main activity would consist of selling a special navigation system known as the Sepehr Navigation System to the Revolutionary Guard. In detail, the system would be used as the main part of Sdra’s Sepehr Navigation System for use on unmanned aerial vehicles or cruise missiles.
Specifically, Abedini allegedly conspired to evade U.S. export control and sanctions laws by purchasing goods, services, and technology of U.S. origin and causing such goods, services, and technology to be exported or supplied to Iran. All – again, according to the US prosecutor’s office – through a Swiss company that Abedini himself founded.
Source: Today IT
Karen Clayton is a seasoned journalist and author at The Nation Update, with a focus on world news and current events. She has a background in international relations, which gives her a deep understanding of the political, economic and social factors that shape the global landscape. She writes about a wide range of topics, including conflicts, political upheavals, and economic trends, as well as humanitarian crisis and human rights issues.
