After 20 days of detention in Evin prison, Iran, Cecilia Sala she returned to Italy. The journalist will be welcomed by the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani. Sala landed at Ciampino airport on a Prime Minister’s flight.
In the morning, after announcing the release, Meloni expressed his gratitude to all those who helped make Cecilia’s return possible, allowing her to hug her family and colleagues again. Minister Tajani said he personally followed the case, emphasizing the bond of friendship with the journalist’s father. “It was a double commitment, both as a foreign policy official and on a personal level. We are all satisfied with this result,” said the minister, praising the teamwork between the government, intelligence and diplomacy.
To bring the journalist home, Chigi said in a note, “intense work on diplomatic and intelligence channels was necessary, our compatriot was released by the Iranian authorities and is returning to Italy.”
“It was not obvious that the release of journalist Cecilia Sala by Iran would take place at such short notice,” the Defense Minister said. Guido Crosetto, at the microphones of “SkyTg24”. It is, he explained, a “work of several weeks”, which involved “dozens of people” with the personal commitment of the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. The minister did not want to comment on the possibility of the release of the Iranian engineer Mohammed Abedini, detained in Italy, adding: “on this front too, we are going through a delicate period.” Crosetto, however, stressed that Meloni’s visit to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where the prime minister met with the US president-elect, was important in resolving the matter. Donald Trump.
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