Cecilia Sala, an Italian Journalist, has Been Released from Iran Pursuant to a Prisoner Swap

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Friday, January 24, 2025
Author: 
Morinsola Tinubu
Volume: 
41
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 

On January 8, Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, was released from Iran after being detained for twenty-one days. Sala, 29, arrived in Tehran in December on a journalist visa. For two years, she had attempted to visit Iran, but her visa application was always rejected.[1] However, after the 2024 election in Iran, her visa was finally approved. Sala, who had not been to Iran since the 2021 protests, sought to observe how the country had changed after learning that the new government was more progressive and open to foreigners.[2]