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Iran: prisoner exchange, free German

2020-02-18T09:32:49.002Z


Iran announced this morning the release of a German detained in the country for a three-year prison sentence in exchange for the return home - already yesterday - of his citizen Ahmad Khalili, who had been arrested in Germany on suspicion there. .. (ANSA)


(ANSA) - ISTANBUL, FEBRUARY 18 - Iran announced this morning the release of a German detained in the country for a sentence of three years in prison, in exchange for the return home - already yesterday - of his citizen Ahmad Khalili, who had been arrested in Germany for suspected violation of American sanctions and risked extradition to the US. "We said that we were ready to release this German citizen, on condition that they had not extradited our citizen to America. On Sunday the Iranian citizen left Germany" and then "arrived in Iran" and therefore "yesterday we released German", explained the spokesman for the judiciary of Teheran, Gholamhossein Esmaili.

Source: ansa

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