Italian newspaper urges Iran to free journalist held in notorious jail

Cecilia Sala, who works for Il Foglio, was arrested in Tehran before Christmas while on a reporting trip and is now being held in Evin prison.

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00:00The editor of an Italian newspaper is calling on authorities to help bring home one of its

00:05journalists who was detained in Iran just before Christmas.

00:10Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran while on a reporting trip and is

00:16now being held in the city's Evin prison.

00:20Her arrest came just one day after an Iranian citizen was arrested in Italy for drone trafficking.

00:26Cecilia had a regular view of Iran, she was not an unknown person, Cecilia is not an adventurer,

00:33she is a competent journalist, good, prepared and prudent.

00:40Italy's foreign ministry has said it's working with the Iranian authorities to clarify Sala's

00:45legal situation and the conditions of her detention.

00:49The European Union has also said it's following the situation closely.

00:54Iran has not yet acknowledged detaining Sala, though it can take weeks before authorities

00:58announce such arrests.