(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 8 - The Iranian culture ministry said
after the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala Wednesday
that Iran always protected the rights of foreign reporters.
"The policy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation
(of Iran) has always been based on welcoming the travel and
legal activities of international journalists, on increasing the
presence of foreign media in the country and on protecting their
legal rights and this approach is also being seriously followed
in the fourteenth government" (led by President Masoud
Pezeshkian)," said the ministry, quoted by state news agency
IRNA.
The statement reiterated that the Italian embassy in Tehran was
informed of Sala's arrest and during her detention the
possibility of consular access and telephone contact with her
family was provided. (ANSA).
Iran says always protects rights of foreign reporters
'Our policy is based on welcoming' says culture ministry