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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Italian journalist freed from detention in Iran, Meloni’s office says
An Italian journalist arrested in Iran and jailed for three weeks has been freed and is returning to Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office says.
“The plane taking journalist Cecilia Sala home took off from Tehran a few minutes ago” following “intense work on diplomatic and intelligence channels,” Meloni’s office says in a statement.