An Italian journalist has been underneath arrest in Iran for greater than every week, the Italian Foreign Ministry mentioned.
Cecilia Sala works for Il Foglio newspaper and for podcast firm Chora Media.
The Foreign Ministry mentioned it was following Ms Sala’s case with “the utmost consideration” since she was arrested by Tehran police on 19 December.
There was no instant affirmation of the arrest from Iranian officers.
Chora Media mentioned in a separate assertion that Ms. Sala was being held in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin jail and that no motive had been given for her arrest.
The Farnesina revealed that Rome’s ambassador to Tehran, Paola Amadei, had visited her to examine the circumstances wherein she was detained, including that she had been allowed to make two telephone calls to her household.
Italy “is working with the Iranian authorities to make clear the authorized scenario of Cecilia Sala”.
According to Chora Media, Sala left Rome for Iran on December 12 with a sound journalist visa and performed a number of interviews, producing three episodes of his podcast “Stories.”
It added that she was on account of return to Rome on December 20, however her telephone had gone “silent” after exchanging some messages on December 19.
Sala’s different employer, Il Foglio, known as for his launch, saying “journalism isn’t against the law”.
“Cecilia was in Iran, with an everyday visa, to speak a few nation she is aware of and loves, a rustic wherein data is suffocated by repression”, we learn in a observe printed on the newspaper’s web site.
Last week, Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador to Tehran and a senior Italian diplomat over the arrest of two Iranian residents, Reuters reported, citing Iranian media.
Iran was rocked by protests in 2022 following the demise of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September that 12 months. Tens of 1000’s of individuals have been arrested in reference to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests.
Mahsa had been arrested for allegedly violating Iranian legal guidelines requiring ladies to put on the hijab and died whereas in police custody.
