The linked cases of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini and Italian reporter Cecilia Sala are the latest flashpoint between ...

An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a ...

Abedini has been held in a Milan jail since his arrest, with Iran denying the accusations and calling his detention an "illegal act" that risked damaging Rome-Tehran relations. The statement from ...

According to local reports, prison officials stepped in to rescue the Swiss national at the Semnan prison, some 180 ...

ROME (AP) — The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S.

Journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home.

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

an Italian reporter detained in Tehran just days after Abedini was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a U.S. warrant. Italian commentators have speculated that Iran is holding Sala as a ...

with Italy protesting the detention of Sala and Tehran contesting the holding of Iranian national Mohammad Abedini in a Milan jail. Abedini, 38, was arrested in Italy last month at the behest of ...

Italy released Mohammad Abedini, 38, an Iranian wanted by the U.S. government, and returned him to Tehran amid allegations that he was involved in a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members ...

Tehran confirmed Monday that Sala had been arrested on charges ... Mohammad Abedini-Najafabad was arrested at Milan’s ...