Sala shd be treated with dignity,immediately freed - Chigi

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 2 - Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist arrested on chargrs of breaking Islamic law in Iran, should be treated with dignity and freed immediately, Palazzo Chigi said after a summit on her case chaired by Premier Giorgia Meloni Thursday.
    "The Government confirms its commitment to the Iranian authorities for the immediate release of Cecilia Sala, and, pending this, for treatment that respects human dignity", said Chigi in a statement.
    Chigi added that a Swiss-Iranian businessman arrested on a US terror charge at Milan airport three days before Sala was being treated well, respecting international laws and conventions.
    "With regard to Mohammad Abedini, who is currently in pre-trial detention at the request of the United States authorities, the Government reiterates that all detainees are guaranteed equal treatment in compliance with Italian law and international conventions," said the Chigi statement.
    It added that Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano, who holds a national security brief, was ready to report to the parliamentary intelligence service oversight body COPASIR on the case on Friday.
    "Undersecretary Mantovano, in his capacity as delegated Authority, meeting the opposition's requests, has given immediate availability to the President of the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic, Lorenzo Guerini, to report to Copasir as early as tomorrow morning, and then through him to Parliament", said Chigi. (ANSA).