The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between ...

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Tehran issued the warning to the Italian ambassador ... told Paola Amadei that Rome's continued detention of Abedini was an "illegal act that is done based on the US demand and in line with ...

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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 ...

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Sala has been detained in Iran since 19 December, three days after she arrived in the country on a journalist visa.

Iran's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the Italian ambassador to Tehran, protesting as an "illegal act" the arrest of an Iranian national by Italy, a day after a similar summoning in Rome.

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 ...