The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between Tehran and Washington. View on euronews

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 Milan.

After more than three weeks of detention, Cecilia Sala has been released from Tehran's Evin Prison and was met at the airport in Rome by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Three days later, an Italian reporter for the Il Foglio daily paper, Cecilia Sala, was arrested in Tehran. Iranian authorities released her on Tuesday after concerted diplomatic efforts from Rome.

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Iran said on Monday the detention of an Iranian national in Italy at the request of the U.S. amounted to hostage-taking.

A plane carrying journalist Cecilia Sala has left Tehran and will soon arrive back ... summoned each other's ambassadors last week after Rome warned that efforts to secure her release were ...

A plane carrying the 29-year-old landed at Rome’s Ciampino airport on Wednesday. Her overjoyed parents and partner were on hand to welcome her back, as were the prime minister, the foreign minister, and the mayor of Rome.

Rome (AFP) – An Italian journalist arrested ... was kept in isolation in Tehran's Evin prison. Sala told her family she was forced to sleep on the floor in a cell with the lights permanently ...

She was arrested in Tehran on December 19 'You have been strong,' Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, said in welcoming Cecilia Sala in Rome An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran ...

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Cecilia Sala, who was arrested in Tehran and jailed for three weeks, has arrived back in Italy, hours after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's office announced her release.