Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after detention in Iran

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, 29, has returned home after nearly three weeks in solitary confinement in Iran. She was greeted at Rome’s Ciampino airport on Wednesday by family members and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, marking a diplomatic success for Italy’s government.

Sala, a reporter for Il Foglio, was arrested on December 19 for allegedly breaching Islamic law during her reporting trip. Her detention in Tehran’s…