Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrives in Rome after spending weeks in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison.
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00:00Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has returned to Rome. Sala was detained in the Iranian
00:07capital three weeks ago by police forces who accused her of violating the laws of the country.
00:13Her detention came three days after Italy arrested Iranian national Mohammad Abedini
00:18in Milan, who was wanted by the U.S. Washington accuses Abedini and another Iranian national
00:24of supplying drone parts that were used in a 2024 attack, killing three U.S. service
00:29members in Jordan. Italian analysts believe Iran was using Sala's arrest as a bargaining
00:34chip to secure the release of Abedini, though Tehran has refuted those claims. Sala was
00:40welcomed in Rome by her partner and family members. Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney
00:45was also present to welcome her back home. The Italian premier had personally called
00:49the journalist's parents to inform them of her release. She credited Sala's liberation
00:54to the government's, quote, intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence channels. Leader
00:59of Italy's largest opposition, democratic Elie Schlein, also hailed her release and
01:04thanked the incumbent government for their effort.