“She is in good health and she is working to bring her to Italy”

The Italian journalist Cécilia Sala, Detained by the Tehran authorities since December 19, she is in “good health” and the government is doing “everything in its power to try to bring her to Italy”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs said this today: Antonio Tajani, on “Rai News 24”. “We acted with discretion, we agree with the family who asked us to keep the situation confidential, as was the case for Alessia Piperno, who then returned to Italy. Now we are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our consulate in harmony with the Council Presidency,” Tajani said, confirming that the Italian journalist “is fine” and is in a single cell. “We cannot say anything about “Other at the moment we are monitoring the situation very closely,” Tajani explained, adding that the accusations are not known at the moment. “It seems to me that the things he (Sala) said were not particularly serious in his articles, he also obtained interviews with important Pasdaran leaders,” concluded the Farnesina leader.

The journalist is being held in solitary confinement in Evin prison, as announced by Chora Media. “She was taken to Evin prison, where dissidents are detained, and the reason for her arrest has not yet been made official,” the statement said. The news is only being made public now, after Italian authorities and Cecilia’s family requested secrecy, in the hope that silence would promote a speedy release. “Unfortunately, this has not yet happened,” the statement concluded. At the disposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, the Italian embassy and consulate in Tehran have been following the file with the greatest attention since its beginning. In coordination with the Prime Minister’s Office, Farnesina worked with Iranian authorities to clarify Cecilia Sala’s legal situation and verify the conditions of her detention.

Today, the Italian ambassador Paola Amadei carried out a consular visit to verify the conditions and status of Dr. Sala’s detention. The family was informed of the results of the consular visit. Previously, Sala had the opportunity to make two phone calls with relatives. “From the first day, when the news of the unacceptable arrest of Cecilia Sala arrived, the entire government, first and foremost President Giorgia Meloni and Minister Tajani, acted for her release,” the Defense Minister wrote , Guido Crosetto, in a message on “Unfortunately, the negotiations with Iran cannot be resolved with the involvement of Western public opinion and the force of popular indignation, but only with political and diplomatic action of high level”, he explained.

Cecilia Sala, 29, a journalist for Il Foglio and author of the “Stories” podcast on Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran while reporting on patriarchy and the repression of dissidents. Sala is known for her international correspondent work in crisis zones, having covered conflicts in Ukraine, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Before his arrest, he had interviewed Hossein Kanaani, one of the founders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and followed the case of comedian Zeinab Musavi, arrested for satirizing the regime.

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