ROME, JAN 7 - Italian journalists on Tuesday staged a sit-in in Rome to call for the release of Cecilia Sala after her arrest in Iran on December 19. Sala, a 29-year-old Il Foglio freelance reporter ...

The arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Iran on December 19 was not in retaliation for the detention three days ...

Iran has accused the U.S. of hostage-taking after Italian authorities detained Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini in Milan.

Iran said on Monday the detention of an Iranian national in Italy at the request of the U.S. amounted to hostage-taking.

US President-elect Donald Trump hailed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman” as she became the latest ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Florida on Saturday and met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago ...

The meeting, if confirmed, will come at a time when Meloni is facing a foreign policy test following the arrest of Italian ...

More than 800 people were executed in Iran last year - the highest number ... 100 Women on the BBC World Service YouTube channel. Cecilia Sala could be used as "political leverage" after an ...

Journalist Cecilia Sala's detention in Tehran is a means to pressure the Italian government to release an Iranian engineer wanted by Washington.

The case of Cecilia Sala, who is detained in Iran, is a test for Italy’s government as it gets caught up in Tehran’s shadow ...

Iran's foreign ministry has summoned Italy's ambassador following the arrest of an Iranian national wanted by the U.S. This ...

On Thursday in Rome, Italy's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador, demanding the immediate release of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala from Iran's notorious Evin prison.