The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between Tehran and Washington. View on euronews

An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a diplomatic spat between the two countries lingers over an Iranian held in Milan.

After more than three weeks of detention, Cecilia Sala has been released from Tehran's Evin Prison and was met at the airport in Rome by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Mohammad Abedini's release comes days after Iran freed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from a Tehran jail following intense diplomatic efforts by Rome. Iran announced on Sunday that a national ...

On Friday, Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the Italian ambassador to Tehran to protest against what ... ministry summoned Iran’s ambassador in Rome, Mohammad Reza Sabouri, to discuss Sala ...

Abedini has been held in a Milan jail since his arrest, with Iran denying the accusations and calling his detention an "illegal act" that risked damaging Rome-Tehran relations. The statement from ...

who was seized in Tehran three days after Abedini was arrested. She returned home on Wednesday. Iran dismissed allegations it had imprisoned her to pressure Rome to release Abedini. For all the ...

Abedini Najafabadi has denied all charges, and officials in Tehran have condemned his detention as politically motivated. Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Italian and Swiss ambassadors, warning of potential damage to bilateral relations due to ...

While Washington was hoping for another outcome with Abedini, the agreement between Rome and Tehran appears to have been a classic case of hostage diplomacy — albeit one heightened by the ...

A plane carrying the 29-year-old landed at Rome’s Ciampino airport on Wednesday. Her overjoyed parents and partner were on hand to welcome her back, as were the prime minister, the foreign minister, and the mayor of Rome.

Rome (AFP) – An Italian journalist arrested ... was kept in isolation in Tehran's Evin prison. Sala told her family she was forced to sleep on the floor in a cell with the lights permanently ...

She was arrested in Tehran on December 19 'You have been strong,' Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, said in welcoming Cecilia Sala in Rome An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran ...