Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police in Tehran

An Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Cecilia Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on Dec. 19, the ministry said, adding that it was working with Iranian authorities "to clarify the legal situation of Sala and to verify the conditions of her detention.”

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police in Tehran
An Italian journalist who was reporting in Tehran has been detained by the Iranian police, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Cecilia Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on Dec. 19, the ministry said, adding that it was working with Iranian authorities "to clarify the legal situation of Sala and to verify the conditions of her detention.”

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