Iranian reporter Hamid Massouminejad is no longer under house arrest in Milan. Mohammadali Hosseini, Iran's ambassador to Italy, told the Iranian Students News Agenc (ISNA) that the Milan prosecutor signed the order of release which was also approved by the court interrogator on Monday.
Hosseini announced that this did not mean that the file has been closed by described it as a "positive step" toward concluding this matter. While Massouminejad has been released from house arrest, he is still forbidden from leaving Italy.
Last December, Hamid Massouminejad and Ali Damirchilo along with five Italian nationals were arrested for the charge of "arms smuggling to Iran." Massouminejad's arrest was turned to house arrest in May. Italian officials claim that the detainees were smuggling arms to Iran through United Arab Emirates and Romania but Iran has denied this charge.
