Cecilia Sala was arrested on December 19. (File)
Tehran:
Iran confirmed on Monday that it had arrested Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for “violating the law”, state media reported, a move that has been decried by Italy as “unacceptable”.
“Cecilia Sala, an Italian citizen, travelled to Iran on December 13, 2024 with a journalist’s visa and was arrested on December 19, 2024 for violating the law of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the official IRNA news agency said, citing a statement by the culture ministry without elaborating.
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