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Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala

People hold placards while attending a peaceful sit-in in front of the Prefecture to demand the immediate release of the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. EPA/JESSICA PASQUALON
People hold placards while attending a peaceful sit-in in front of the Prefecture to demand the immediate release of the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. EPA/JESSICA PASQUALON
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Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala

People hold placards while attending a peaceful sit-in in front of the Prefecture to demand the immediate release of the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. EPA/JESSICA PASQUALON
People hold placards while attending a peaceful sit-in in front of the Prefecture to demand the immediate release of the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Turin, Italy, 29 December 2024. EPA/JESSICA PASQUALON

Iran's Ministry of Culture confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws” of the country, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora Media, was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19, according to the Italian foreign ministry.

The case of the Italian journalist is "complicated,” but Rome hopes to bring Sala home quickly, Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said on Saturday.

Tajani said he hoped the issue could be resolved quickly but added: "It doesn't depend on us."

"We're trying to solve an issue that's complicated," he was quoted as saying by the news agency ANSA.

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Italy Says No US Extradition Request for Detained Iranian Businessman So Far

A seagull stands in front of an Italian flag flying at half-mast on the Altare della Patri-Vittorio Emanuele II monument in Rome, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AFP Photo)
A seagull stands in front of an Italian flag flying at half-mast on the Altare della Patri-Vittorio Emanuele II monument in Rome, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AFP Photo)
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Italy Says No US Extradition Request for Detained Iranian Businessman So Far

A seagull stands in front of an Italian flag flying at half-mast on the Altare della Patri-Vittorio Emanuele II monument in Rome, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AFP Photo)
A seagull stands in front of an Italian flag flying at half-mast on the Altare della Patri-Vittorio Emanuele II monument in Rome, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (AFP Photo)

The United States has not submitted any formal request of extradition for an Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini detained in Milan, Italy's justice minister said in an interview published on Thursday.
"The matter of Abedini is purely legal ... regardless of the (freeing of Italian journalist) Cecilia Sala. It is premature to talk of extradition, also because no formal request has been sent to our ministry so far," Justice Minister Carlo Nordio told daily La Stampa.
Abedini is wanted by the United States on suspicion of involvement in a drone strike against US forces in Jordan. Iran has denied involvement and said last week the detention of the Iranian national amounted to hostage-taking.
His arrest has been linked to the detention three days later of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala, who was seized in Tehran on Dec. 19 while working under a regular journalistic visa and freed on Jan. 8.