Fugitive Ex-Catalan Leader Plans Return to Spain despite Threat of Arrest over Failed Secession Bid

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region nearly seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood he will be arrested.

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Fugitive Ex-Catalan Leader Plans Return to Spain despite Threat of Arrest over Failed Secession Bid

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region nearly seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood he will be arrested.

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