Iran confirms that it has imprisoned Italian journalist
Iran has now confirmed that it has imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran". The country's culture ministry said this, according to the state news agency IRNA, according to AFP.
According to Iran, Sala entered the country on a journalist visa on December 13 and was arrested six days later. The alleged crimes are not clear.
The Italian newspaper Il Foglio, for which Cecilia Sala works, reported last week that Sala had been taken to an isolation cell in the notorious Evin prison.
Italy has called the arrest "unacceptable".
Negotiations over Sala "very difficult and sensitive"
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani does not want to speculate on how long it might take to get the imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released in Iran, writes the BBC. The work is complicated and the negotiations very sensitive, the minister notes.
- There is a certain goodwill, especially when it comes to how Cecilia is treated, says Tajani.
One of Sala's colleagues at the podcast company Chora Media states that she was allowed to receive a package with the Italian Christmas cake panettone, chocolate, cigarettes and an eye mask so that she can sleep despite the bright lights of Evin Prison, which are turned on 24 hours a day.
Iran has now confirmed that it has imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran". The country's culture ministry said this, according to the state news agency IRNA, according to AFP.
According to Iran, Sala entered the country on a journalist visa on December 13 and was arrested six days later. The alleged crimes are not clear.
The Italian newspaper Il Foglio, for which Cecilia Sala works, reported last week that Sala had been taken to an isolation cell in the notorious Evin prison.
Italy has called the arrest "unacceptable".
Negotiations over Sala "very difficult and sensitive"
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani does not want to speculate on how long it might take to get the imprisoned Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released in Iran, writes the BBC. The work is complicated and the negotiations very sensitive, the minister notes.
- There is a certain goodwill, especially when it comes to how Cecilia is treated, says Tajani.
One of Sala's colleagues at the podcast company Chora Media states that she was allowed to receive a package with the Italian Christmas cake panettone, chocolate, cigarettes and an eye mask so that she can sleep despite the bright lights of Evin Prison, which are turned on 24 hours a day.
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