Sala's release was marked as a major victory for Meloni whose international stature enhanced after she visited US President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence at the time when Sala's release was being negotiated by her country. 

Iran releases Italian journalist 3 weeks after detaining her for 'violating laws'

World: Chora Media, an Italian podcast publisher for which Sala worked, said she had travelled from Rome to Iran on a journalist visa and was due to return on December 20.

Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for ‘violating the law’

Just days after Pakistan said it was willing to take Indian journalists to the site of the Balakot air strike, a new report has pegged the number of Jaish-e-Mohammed members killed at between 130 and 170. Italian journalist and author Francesca Marino, in a piece published in StringerAsia, said the strike carried out by India in the wee hours of February 26 “immediately killed a large number of JeM cadres.”

WION Exclusive: Watch exclusive talk of WION with Journalist 'Francesca Marino' directly from Rome

Italian journalist and author Francesca Marino, in a piece published in StringerAsia, said the strike carried out by India in the wee hours of February 26 “immediately killed a large number of JeM cadres.”

Report: Over 130 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot air strike, 45 still under treatment

An Italian journalist has told WION that between 40 to 50 people were killed in the Indian air strikes on Pakistan's Balakot on Tuesday night. The air strikes — carried out by Mirage 2000s — Indian authorities have said, targeted a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp.

Between 40 to 50 killed in Indian air strike on Pakistan's Balakot: Italian journalist quoting eyewitness