Mohammad Abedini was arrested three days before Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was detained on a reporting trip to Iran. Sala, who was believed to be held as a bargaining chip for Abedini’s release,

Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, 38, was arrested last month in Milan and the U.S. Justice Department had asked for his extradition. He was charged with illegally providing material used in a drone attack by an Iranian-backed militia on a U.