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Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Released from Iranian Imprisonment

HeadlineJan 09, 2025

The Italian journalist Cecilia Sala landed in Rome Wednesday after three weeks of detention in Iran. Italian media say Sala’s arrest may have been part of an Iranian plan to negotiate the release of one of their citizens who was recently detained by Italian authorities on a U.S. warrant. Mohammad Abedini is accused of being involved in an attack on a U.S. base in Jordan last year.

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