Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Will Return Home Following Release From Detention in Iran
Word of Sala’s release is met with cheers in Italy, where her plight had dominated headlines, as lawmakers hail the successful negotiations to bring her home.

ROME — An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks and whose fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by America was freed Wednesday and is heading home, Italian officials announced.
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