She had been due to return home the following day. On Monday, Iran denied any link between Sala's arrest and that of Iranian national Mohammad Abedini, detained in Italy in December at the behest ...

Iran said initially it had detained Sala for "violation of the Islamic Republic's laws", however US state department officials said it could be linked to the arrest of Iranian national Mohammad ...

Italian commentators speculated that Iran arrested Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a U.S. warrant.

Mohammad Abedini arrived in Iran on Sunday evening ... His release came days after Iran freed Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist. Francine Moffett, whose 23-year-old daughter, Breonna, was ...

Sala was held in harsh conditions for three days before her release. Her detention occurred shortly after Italy arrested Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, leading to suspicions of political ...

Speculation in Italy suggested that Iran detained Sala to leverage the release of Mohammad Abedini, an Iranian engineer arrested in Milan on December 16 at the request of the US. Abedini is wanted ...

Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who was detained in Italy ... Abedini was arrested on December 16, three days before Cecilia Sala, a journalist with the Italian daily Il Foglio, was detained ...

It was unclear how Italy obtained the release of Ms. Sala. She was taken into custody three days after the police in Milan had arrested Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, a 38-year-old Iranian ...

Mohammad Abedini, on a U.S. warrant. Their fates became intertwined as the U.S, Italy, and Iran engaged in what Premier Giorgia Meloni called "diplomatic triangulation." Cecilia Sala, an Italian ...

Sala's arrest was a suspected retaliatory move ... to be held as a bargaining chip by Tehran after Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was detained in Milan last month on a U.S. arrest warrant.

Sala was detained in Iran for three weeks ... Her arrest in Tehran on 19 December came just three days after Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was apprehended in Milan on a US warrant.