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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

Cecilia Sala, who was arrested in Tehran and jailed for three weeks, has arrived back in Italy, hours after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's office announced her release.

ROME: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran on Wednesday (Jan 8) and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a reporting trip. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Mel

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

Celilia Sala, 29, was working under a regular journalistic visa when she was detained in Tehran on December 19, accused of “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”.