Sala in good health, in solo cell says Tajani

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 28 - Cecilia Sala is in good health and alone in a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison after being arrested at Tehran Airport on unknown charges on December 19, Foreign Minister Antono Tajani said Saturday, calling for the utmost media discretion over the Italian journalist's case.
    "The government, since the day Cecilia Sala was arrested, has been working to try to bring her back to Italy," Tajani, who is also deputy premier, told the Senate.
    "We are working in collaboration with the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, our embassy in Tehran and the consulate.
    "Cecilia Sala has already spoken twice with her parents.
    "Yesterday she received a consular visit from our ambassador to Iran for about half an hour.
    "She is in good health, she is in a cell alone, unlike young Alessia Piperno who was in a cell with other people who did not speak any language other than their own. (Writer and blogger Piperno spent 45 days in Evin in 2022, ed.) "Now she will receive basic necessities through the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, upon delivery by our embassy".
    Tajani added: "We are working in perfect harmony with the family and together with the family the government asks for discretion and confidentiality for a negotiation that must be diplomatic and must be done in the best way to guarantee the safety and return to Italy of Cecilia Sala". (ANSA).