Ramin Mehmanparast
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the detention of Hamid Masoumi-Nejad and another Iranian, identified as Homayoun Bakhtiyari, 'indicates that another game is under way which aims at propaganda against Iran'.
'The Italian ambassador, Alberto Bradanini, was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to clarify the issue and give an explanation of different aspects of the issue,' Mehmanparast was quoted by IRNA as saying.
Masoumi-Nejad, 51, was an accredited journalist working for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting in Rome.
A top Italian prosecutor on Wednesday declared that two Iranians and five Italians had been arrested in Italy on allegations of selling arms to Iran in violation of international sanctions.
'It is an investigation of considerable importance because it concerns the entire international community,' AFP quoted Armando Spataro as saying.
Both Iranians were reportedly arrested in Turin in northwestern Italy.
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