American multi-billionaire Elon Musk helped free Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison in Iran. The newspaper reports this by quoting sources. New York Times (NYT).
Relatives of the journalists approached Musk and asked for help. According to the publication’s interlocutors, the entrepreneur contacted Iran’s representative to the UN, Amir Said Iravani. After negotiations, Sala was released. At the same time, Iranian engineer Mohammed Abedin, who was detained in Italy upon the request of US authorities, was also released.
The article notes that all participants in the negotiations and the journalist’s family did not provide any details about the evacuation.
4 January reportedItalian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni’s unexpected visit to Washington to meet US President-elect Donald Trump was revealed to be linked to the mid-December arrest in Iran of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, whom Tehran wanted to exchange for several arrested engineers. He was at Milan airport days ago at the request of the United States regarding violations of sanctions due to the transfer of UAV technology to Iran.
Previously FSB excited A criminal case has been opened against journalists of the Italian broadcasting company RAI.
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Source: Gazeta
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