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

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has arrived back in the country’s capital after being freed from an Iranian prison where she had spent weeks in detention.

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.

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 ...

Tehran issued the warning to the Italian ambassador ... told Paola Amadei that Rome's continued detention of Abedini was an "illegal act that is done based on the US demand and in line with ...

Later on Thursday, Tajani said that Rome's Iran envoy was summoned in Tehran. Sala had travelled to Iran on December 13 on a journalist's visa. She was arrested six days later for 'violating 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 ...

The Iranian foreign ministry said Abedini's arrest 'damages' Iran-Italy relations and 'violates' the principles of international law.

which said the journalist landed in Rome on Wednesday afternoon. “Our journalist landed in Ciampino (airport), after being released this morning from Evin prison in Tehran after 21 days of ...

Tehran issued the warning to the Italian ambassador to Iran ... According to IRNA, a foreign ministry official, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, told Paola Amadei that Rome's continued detention of Abedini was an "illegal act that is done based on the US demand ...