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Iran confirms it arrested Italian journalist, says she’s being held for ‘violating the law’

By AFP 30 December 2024, 1:35 pm 4 Edit
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in undated footage from the Tg3 news program on Italy's state broacaster RAI. (Screen capture: X/Tg3, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in undated footage from the Tg3 news program on Italy's state broacaster RAI. (Screen capture: X/Tg3, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran confirms that it had arrested Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for “violating the law,” state media reported, a move that has been decried by Italy as “unacceptable.”

“Cecilia Sala, an Italian citizen, travelled to Iran on December 13, 2024 with a journalist’s visa and was arrested on December 19, 2024, for violating the law of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the official IRNA news agency says, citing a statement by the culture ministry without elaborating.

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