Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from Iran prison, Italy's prime minister's office says
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Sala was detained after an Iranian businessman was arrested in Milan for allegedly supplying drone parts used in an attack that killed three U.S. service members.

Summary

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, detained in Iran since December 19, 2024, was released on January 8, 2025, after diplomatic efforts by Italy.

Sala, 29, had been held in solitary confinement at Tehran’s Evin prison following the arrest of Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini in Italy on U.S. charges of supplying drone parts linked to a 2024 attack killing three U.S. service members.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni credited “intense diplomatic efforts” for Sala’s release, though ties to the Abedini case remain unclear.

Her release is seen as a diplomatic victory for Italy.

  • @[email protected]English
    9•2 days ago

    Was she actually charged with something? The article glosses over it to imply that she was somehow detained as retaliation for the other thing three days prior. If true, how do they know that?

    • @[email protected]English
      6•1 day ago

      This is a pretty standard description below. There doesn’t seem to be much explanation about what “laws” might’ve been “violated”.

      Sala, a writer and podcaster, had been working with a regular journalist visa when she was detained in Tehran on December 19, accused of “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”.

      Tehran has denied speculation that her arrest was linked to Rome’s detention of an Iranian businessman that the United States accuses of involvement in an attack on its military.

      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/iran-releases-italian-journalist-cecilia-sala-from-jail