Details of Sala’s arrest were not made public until December ... In addition to her coverage in Ukraine, Sala has reported on the fall of Kabul in Afghanistan, and on Venezuela.

Iran's government had not acknowledged Sala's arrest by Friday ... the implications for Khamenei's regime of the dramatic fall of Iran's close ally in Syria, the dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Three days after his arrest the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, a contributor to the daily Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic.

Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested by police in Tehran on December 19, officials said, but her arrest was only made public on Friday. She works for newspaper Il Foglio and for podcast company Chora Media.

On Friday, Italy denounced Sala's arrest as "unacceptable", and said she has been held in Tehran's Evin prison. Italy's ambassador to Tehran, Paola Amadei, has visited her. Italian Foreign ...

Iran has confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, state news agency IRNA said, citing the Iranian Ministry of Culture. Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that ...

DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic", Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.