Cecilia Sala is an Italian journalist. She was working in Tehran for Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, while being in Iran on journalist visa. On 19 December 2024 she was arrested and put in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. This became known only on 27 December.
Italy says talks ongoing with Iran to secure release of journalist Cecilia Sala from prison
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Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on 19 December, according to the Italian foreign ministry.