Iranian refugee hopes to be acquitted in Greece smuggling appeal trial

Iranian refugee Homayoun Sabetara, who says he is not guilty of smuggling, pictured with his daughter Mahtab [Courtesy: Mahtab Sabetara]

Athens, Greece – It was April 2022 when Homayoun Sabetara finally told his daughters he was in a Greek jail cell.

Sabetara, an Iranian national, had been arrested in August 2021 in Thessaloniki after driving a vehicle across the Turkish-Greek border.