Free Sala, guarantee rights Farnesina tells Iranian amb.

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 2 - Italy asked for the immediate release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala during a meeting Thursday at the foreign ministry in Rome summoned by Secretary General Riccardo Guariglia, at the indication of Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, with the Iranian ambassador to discuss the case of the detained reporter, according to a note issued after the talks.
    The note said Italy first of all asked for the release of the 29-year-old Rome-born Il Foglio freelance correspondent and Chora News podcaster, who travelled to Iran on a journalist visa.
    Guariglia reiterated the request to ensure dignified conditions of detention, in the respect of human rights, and to guarantee full consular assistance to the Italian reporter, allowing Italy's Embassy in Tehran to visit her and to provide her with care packages which she has not been allowed to receive so far.
    Sala was arrested on December 19 and has been charged with breaching Islamic law.
    She is currently detained in Tehran's Evin prison. (ANSA).