Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been arrested in Tehran, Iran. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Cecilia Sala was in Iran and was detained on December 19 by the

Cecilia Sala left for Iran December 12 with a journalism visa and was scheduled to return a week later, but went dark a day before; Italian defense minister calls arrest 'unacceptable'

Italian newspaper Il Foglio published a plea to Iranian authorities to release reporter Cecilia Sala, who was taken into custody more than a week ago, accusing the regime for taking the journalist “hostage” in order to “demonstrate” its strength.