The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between Tehran and Washington. View on euronews
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.
Mohammad Abedini's release comes days after Iran freed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from a Tehran jail following intense diplomatic efforts by Rome. Iran announced on Sunday that a national ...
On Friday, Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the Italian ambassador to Tehran to protest against what ... ministry summoned Iran’s ambassador in Rome, Mohammad Reza Sabouri, to discuss Sala ...
who was seized in Tehran three days after Abedini was arrested. She returned home on Wednesday. Iran dismissed allegations it had imprisoned her to pressure Rome to release Abedini. For all the ...
Abedini has been held in a Milan jail since his arrest, with Iran denying the accusations and calling his detention an "illegal act" that risked damaging Rome-Tehran relations. The statement from ...
Abedini Najafabadi has denied all charges, and officials in Tehran have condemned his detention as politically motivated. Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Italian and Swiss ambassadors, warning of potential damage to bilateral relations due to ...
Italy says plane with journalist Cecilia Sala, detained in Iran since Dec 19, has left Tehran and is bringing her home.
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 ...
While Washington was hoping for another outcome with Abedini, the agreement between Rome and Tehran appears to have been a classic case of hostage diplomacy — albeit one heightened by the ...
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 ...
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.