Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after release from prison in Iran

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was held in solitary confinement for almost three weeks in Iran, has returned home after being freed from prison. A plane carrying the 29-year-old landed at Rome’s Ciampino airport on Wednesday afternoon, where she was greeted by family members and politicians including the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Sala’s return has been praised as a political and diplomatic victory for Meloni and her rightwing government. “Thanks to intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence channels, our compatriot has been released by the Iranian authorities,” a statement from Meloni’s office said. Sala, a reporter for Il

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