Cecilia Sala from the Italian government: To Iran: “We want a guarantee of immediate release and detention”

“Full guarantee regarding the conditions of detention of Cecila Sala” and her “immediate release”. This was the question that the Italian government asked the Iranian officials through the verbal note delivered by Tehran Ambassador Paola Amadei today, January 1.

This is another official request to the Iranian government after Antonio Tajani spoke in the last hours about the request for a new direct interview between Ambassador Amadei and the journalist. Recently, President Mattaerella said the following about the reporter in his year-end speech: “We are very close to him, we expect to see him again in Italy as soon as possible.” .

Note from Italy to Iran

The note sent to the Iranian government also includes a “firm and repeated” demand for the conditions of the young woman’s detention, the possibility of providing consolation items, and a guarantee that they have actually been delivered. “The timing and methods of detaining Italian citizen Cecilia Sala will be a clear indicator of the Iranian system’s true intentions and attitude towards the Italian Republic,” Farnesina sources say.

Hypothesis of retaliation against the engineer arrested in Milan

Cecilia Sala was arrested on December 19 and is currently detained in the Evin prison reserved for the opposition. Tehran confirmed the arrest, citing a “violation of Islamic law” but did not add anything to possible charges. The case of the Roman journalist is intertwined with that of Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini, an expert on unmanned aerial vehicles, who was arrested in Milan on December 16. There are suspicions that Sala’s arrest was an act of retaliation by Iran. As far as we know so far, Abedini’s case was mentioned in one of the conversations between the Italian ambassador and the Iranian deputy foreign minister.