An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States said she assumed she would have been held much longer and said her boyfriend's contact with Elon Musk might have been "fundamental" to her release.

An Italian journalist detained in Iran whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States says she assumed she would have been held much longer.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has told how Elon Musk played a pivotal role in her release from an Iranian detention center.

After three weeks of negotiations that Premier Giorgia Meloni called “diplomatic triangulation,” Sala went home and Abedini returned to Iran. Sala, a journalist with the Chora Media podcast ...

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.

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

Iranian Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Italy last month at the behest of the US for supplying parts for drone used in 2024 attack.

Russia and Iran signed a new treaty on Friday underpinning their economic and military cooperation, in what both sides cast as a major milestone in their relations.

Iran has escalated repression against Baha'i women, arresting 10 without warrants. The Baha'i International Community calls this part of a systematic campaign against the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority.

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has emerged as the US president’s favourite EU interlocutor, with hopes growing she could talk him out of a trade war.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has expressed relief following her release from 21 days of detention in Iran, attributing her swift return partly to a connection with Elon Musk. In a recent interview,