{"id":40517,"date":"2025-01-08T06:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/italian-journalist-released-by-iran-officials-in-italy-say\/08\/01\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T06:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:14:37","slug":"italian-journalist-released-by-iran-officials-in-italy-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/italian-journalist-released-by-iran-officials-in-italy-say\/08\/01\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Journalist Released by Iran, Officials in Italy Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained last month in Iran while on a reporting trip, was released and on her way back to Italy on Wednesday, the Italian government said in a statement.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe plane that is taking journalist Cecilia Sala home took off a few minutes ago from Tehran,\u201d the Italian government announced Wednesday morning, adding that \u201cthanks to intense work on diplomatic and intelligence channels, our compatriot has been released by the Iranian authorities.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iranian officials have not commented on the announcement from Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Sala, 29, had been held for 20 days and told her family that she was kept in an isolation cell, with only two blankets and constant light, according to a person close to her family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Sala, who had a journalist visa, was arrested on Dec. 19 on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but officials there did not provide any further details. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy called Ms. Sala\u2019s parents on Wednesday to tell them that she was returning, according to the government statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This is a developing story.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/08\/world\/europe\/italy-iran-cecilia-sala-journalist-released.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained last month in Iran while on a reporting trip, was released and on her<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/italian-journalist-released-by-iran-officials-in-italy-say\/08\/01\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}