Italy and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Thursday, clashing over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, with Rome demanding she be immediately released.

She said she had read that Italy had arrested an Iranian engineer three days earlier at the request of the United States. The ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cecilia Sala, left, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec.

Rome's ambassador to Tehran, Paola Amadei, has visited Sala but a care package she gave officials for the Italian reporter has not been passed on to her, Italian media said. Guariglia told Iran's ...

Italy's foreign minister on Thursday summoned the Iranian ambassador in Rome to demand the release of journalist Cecilia Sala. Sala is being held in Iran's Evin prison following her arrest in the ...

The Italian outlet Chora Media, where Sala also works, said that she had left Rome on December 12 “with ... the laws of the Islamic republic of Iran,” but Italian Foreign Minister Antonio ...

Italy has released an Iranian citizen wanted by the U.S. over a drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago, after the Italian justice minister asked a court to revoke his arrest.

The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an ...

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

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala reacts as she arrives at her home, after she was freed from detention in Iran, in Rome, Italy, January 8, 2025 [Remo Casilli/Reuters] Meloni had personally made a ...

and Cecilia Sala’s arrest bears all the hallmarks of Tehran acting in reprisal against Rome and setting the stage for a deal. The broader incentives behind such a risky gambit when Iran’s ...