The Italian embassy and consulate in Tehran are following the journalist's case and Rome's ambassador to Iran, Paola Amadei, visited her today to ascertain her conditions of detention, said earlier in the day the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The young woman, 29 years old according to media reports, was able to make two brief calls to her family over the last few days, according to the same source.
The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, for his part denounced on obtain his release.
Cecilia Sala arrived in Iran on November 12 with a journalist visa and should have returned to Italy on the 20th but she was arrested the day before her return and has since been in an isolated cell in the high security prison of Evin , in Tehran, according to his employer, Chora Media, a site publishing podcasts.
“Italy and Europe cannot tolerate this arbitrary arrest“, wrote Chora Media on Facebook, referring to a journalist who does her job”scrupulously, with attention, passion and professionalism“.
The young woman also works for the daily Il Foglio, close to the right.
“Journalism is not a crime“, wrote Claudio Cerasa, the daily's boss, on Friday without his editorial.
Cecilia Sala was in Iran”to tell the story of a country that she knows and loves, a country where information is stifled by repression, threats, violence, detentions, often of the journalists themselves“.
Il Foglio recalls that according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Iran occupies 176th place, out of 180 countries mentioned, regarding press freedom.
