29th Jul 2021
On 26 July 2021, a New York district court denied an application by telecoms company Huawei, requesting the disclosure of additional information about charges against the company and its CFO, Meng Wanzhou. The judgment is the latest development in the wider context of the ongoing extradition proceedings brought by the US against Ms. Meng […]
23rd Mar 2020
The Trump administration has criticised the ‘unilateral’ decision of French authorities to release Iranian citizen Jalal Rohollahnejad, who is the subject of a US extradition request, in an apparent prisoner exchange with Iran. A French court had in May 2019 approved Mr Rohollahnejad’s extradition to the US. Mr Rohollahnejad is wanted to stand trial […]
6th Oct 2019
Australia has refused the US request to order the extradition of an Iranian national accused of selling US equipment to Iran in violation of sanctions. Reza Dehbashi Kivi, a doctoral student at the University of Queensland, was arrested in September 2018 on suspicion of exporting American-made military equipment to Iran. The US sought his extradition […]
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