Iran wsa believed to have held Sala as a bargaining chip after an Iranian businessman was arrested in Italy on a U.S. warrant ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Iran nearly three weeks ago, has been released by Iranian authorities and was on a plane back to Italy on Wednesday, according to the government in ...

An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a diplomatic spat between the two countries lingers over an Iranian held in ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...

ROME — An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States said she assumed she would have been held much longer, and said ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Iran for three weeks, was released on Wednesday, Italian officials said. Italian commentators speculated that Iran arrested Sala as a bargaining ...

Cecilia Sala at an Italian literary festival in 2023. She was arrested in Tehran on December 19 - Copyright Telegram /@ivan_fedorov_zp/AFP Handout Cecilia Sala at an ...

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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Iran nearly three weeks ago, was released by Iranian authorities on Wednesday and has returned to Italy. The 29-year-old was flown back to Rome on ...

ROME (AP) — An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks, whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States, was freed Wednesday and is heading home, ...