Elon Musk helped to free imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from Iran after the 29-year-old’s boyfriend reached out to him to intervene, according to a report. When Sala’s boyfriend, Daniele ...

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UNTIL RECENTLY, SADEGHI WORKED FOR A LOCAL COMPUTER COMPANY, AND HE’S ACCUSED OF SENDING TECHNOLOGY FROM THAT COMPANY TO IRAN. THAT’S WHERE OFFICIALS SAY THE TECHNOLOGY WAS USED TO BUILD ...

Italy's government said Friday that a journalist from the country had been detained by Iranian authorities for a week and that the circumstances of her detention remained unclear. The Italian ...

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist for the newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested in Iran earlier in the month, Italy’s foreign ministry announced on Friday. The arrest took place on Dec. 19 but was only ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was detained by Tehran police last Thursday while in Iran for a reporting assignment, the Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday. In a statement, the ministry ...

An Italian journalist has been under arrest in Iran for more than a week, Italy's foreign ministry has said. Cecilia Sala works for Il Foglio newspaper and for podcast company Chora Media.