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January 9, 2025

Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Released from Iranian Imprisonment
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The Italian journalist Cecilia Sala landed in Rome Wednesday after three
weeks of detention in Iran. Italian media say Sala's arrest may have
been part of an Iranian plan to negotiate the release of one of their
citizens who was recently detained by Italian authorities on a U.S.
warrant. Mohammad Abedini is accused of being involved in an attack on a
U.S. base in Jordan last year.


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