Cecilia Sala, a reporter for the Il Foglio daily newspaper, was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19, six days after she arrived on a journalist's visa.

The Italian government has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in Tehran, calling for her immediate release, the Foreign Ministry in Rome said on Thursday.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. She was in Iran on a reporting trip.

The Italian reporter is being held in solitary confinement within Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, a jail for dissidents and political prisoners. She must be released forthwith. For who knows what lurks in the hearts of the Ayatollah Khamenei and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard?

Italy's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to demand the immediate release of reporter Cecilia Sala, who was seized in Tehran on Dec. 19 while working under a regular journalistic visa.

Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday summoned the Iranian ambassador over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, demanding her release.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a meeting Thursday with Tajani,

Italy has intensified efforts to secure the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, detained in Tehran since December 19. The Italian foreign ministry summoned Iran's ambassador, expressing urgent demands for her release and guaranteeing conditions that respect her human rights,