Italy and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Thursday, clashing over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, with Rome demanding she be immediately released.

In a statement, Chora Media said Sala was being held in solitary confinement at the Evin prison in Tehran, infamous for its mistreatment of political prisoners since the 1970s. Sala left Rome for ...

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According to local reports, prison officials stepped in to rescue the Swiss national at the Semnan prison, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Tehran. But their efforts were in vain.View on eurone ...

Italy has decided to “revoke” the arrest of an Iranian engineer wanted by the US for alleged illegal exports of sophisticated technology, just days after Tehran freed an Italian journalist from its ...

Italy and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Thursday, clashing over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, with Rome demanding she be immediately released. Cecilia ...

Rome's ambassador to Tehran, Paola Amadei, has visited Sala but a care package she gave officials for the Italian reporter has not been passed on to her, Italian media said.

Later on Thursday, Tajani said that Rome's Iran envoy was summoned in Tehran. Sala travelled to Iran on December 13 on a journalist's visa. She was arrested six days later for "violating the law ...