Cecilia Sala landed at Rome’s Ciampino airport where Giorgia Meloni was there to greet her alongside her boyfriend and family.
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The Italian journalist had been detained in Iran for three weeks after reporting in the country under a journalist visa. Iranian officials accused Sala of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic. Her liberation marked a major diplomatic and political victory for Meloni
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after release from prison in Iran ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/italian-journalist-cecilia-sala-freed-from-detention-in-iran
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Three weeks? That's not so bad
Italians get shxt done.
Italians; so dramatic.
Beautiful and smart Meloni ❤❤❤
Eat pizza tonight
And then everyone had pasta and lived happily ever after
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after release from prison in Iran ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/italian-journalist-cecilia-sala-freed-from-detention-in-iran
I respect Iranians. They have a country, people, borders, history and sovereignty of their own, can describe what their own people look like and can define what a woman is. Unlike us in Britain.