Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been freed from an Iranian prison and is on a plane home, a spokesperson for the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday.

The US had asked Italy to arrest and extradite the Iranian national for allegedly transferring drone technology.

The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an Iranian detained in Italy who was wanted by the U.S.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks has returned home after her fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer arrested in Italy and wanted by the United States. A plane carrying Cecilia Sala, 29, landed at Rome’s Ciampino ...

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks has been freed and has returned home, after her fate had become intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer arrested in Italy and wanted by the United States.

Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi was held in Milan after accusations he had supplied drone technology to Iran's military.

After more than three weeks of detention, Cecilia Sala has been released from Tehran's Evin Prison and was met at the airport in Rome by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Iran denied on Monday any link between the recent arrest of an Italian journalist in Tehran and that of an Iranian national by Italy, amid a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. In December,

The Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, arrested on December 19 in Iran, was released and repatriated, the Italian government announced. She was arrested for “violating the laws” of the Islamic Republic.

Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained last month while on a reporting trip. She had been held for 20 days and told her family that she was kept in isolation.

ROME (Reuters) - Elon Musk played no role in negotiations between Italy and Iran for the release of a journalist who was held in a Tehran prison, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, dismissing a media report that the U.S. billionaire had been involved.

The Italian outlet Chora Media, where Sala also works, said that she had left Rome on December 12 “with ... the laws of the Islamic republic of Iran,” but Italian Foreign Minister Antonio ...