UK – The Telegraph, December 29, 2024
The 29-year-old journalist and podcaster is being held in notorious Tehran prison where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been detained
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has pledged to free Italian journalist, Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Iran.
Sala has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison without any explanation for over a week.
The 29-year-old journalist and podcaster was arrested on Dec 19 at her hotel in the Iranian capital a day after she presented a podcast for Chora Media about a jailed female Iranian comedian.
Ms Meloni said she was “following the complex affair closely” and was pursuing every avenue to bring the young journalist home.
“In agreement with her parents, we are pursuing this objective by activating all possible avenues of dialogue and with necessary caution,” the prime minister said in a statement.
According to La Repubblica, the Italian daily, the US is also calling on Iran to “immediately and unconditionally release” all those detained without just cause, including Sala.
