An Italian journalist arrested and jailed in Iran since December has been freed and returned to Rome on Wednesday, even as a diplomatic spat between the two countries lingers over an Iranian held in ...

Demonstrators burn a US flag during their annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, 11 February, 2024 ...

Mohammad Abedini's release comes days after Iran freed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from a Tehran jail following intense diplomatic efforts by Rome. Iran announced on Sunday that a national ...

Rome's ambassador to Tehran, Paola Amadei, has visited Sala but a care package she gave officials for the Italian reporter has not been passed on to her, Italian media said.

Tehran issued the warning to the Italian ambassador ... told Paola Amadei that Rome's continued detention of Abedini was an "illegal act that is done based on the US demand and in line with ...

According to local reports, prison officials stepped in to rescue the Swiss national at the Semnan prison, some 180 ...

Italy and Iran summoned each other's ambassadors on Thursday, clashing over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, with Rome demanding she be immediately released. Cecilia ...

While Washington was hoping for another outcome with Abedini, the agreement between Rome and Tehran appears to have been a classic case of hostage diplomacy — albeit one heightened by the ...

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown even more intertwined ROME -- Iran warned Italy on Friday that it ...

Nili demanded the release of Abedini as soon as possible to “prevent damage to the Tehran-Rome bilateral relations by the U.S.” As a result, all eyes will be on the Milan court of appeals ...