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Cecilia Sala

Cecilia Sala
Born (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 29)
Rome, Italy
Alma materBocconi University
Occupation(s)journalist, author, war correspondent
Years active2015–present
EmployerIl Foglio (2019–present)

Cecilia Sala (Italian pronunciation: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈsaːla]; born 26 July 1995 in Rome) is an Italian journalist, specialized in political and war journalism, both as author and war correspondent.

Biography

Sala was born on 26 July 1995 in Rome.[1] Her father is Renato Sala, a JP Morgan's senior advisor since 2004 and an independent director of the Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena since 2023;[2] her mother is Elisabetta Vernoni, a manager and environmental activist.[3]

In 2015, she started working as a correspondent and reporter for Vice, then as a professional journalist for the La7 TV program Servizio pubblico [it] in 2016.[4] She later wrote for L'Espresso and Vanity Fair, among others, and she also worked for RAI, Fremantle Media and the La7 TV program Otto e mezzo [it].[4][1][5]

Since 2019, Sala works for Il Foglio; she also writes for the Huffington Post, Mondadori, and the podcast company Chora Media.[4][1]

Working for Il Foglio, she reported as foreign correspondent from Venezuela and Chile, among others, as well as war correspondent from Afghanistan (2021 Taliban offensive) and Ukraine (Russo-Ukrainian War). She also reported from Iran, both before and during the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict.[6]

Detention in Iran

On 19 December 2024, while in Iran on a journalist visa, she was arrested in Tehran and put in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.[7] This became known only on 27 December.[8][6] On 30 December, Iran's Ministry of Culture finally confirmed that they had arrested her for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic".[9]

Her arrest came three days after Italy arrested Iranian engineer Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi at Milan Malpensa Airport at the request of the United States, which accused him, together with an accomplice arrested in the country, of conspiring to circumvent embargoes and supplying sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran.[10][11][12] Abedini is also accused of giving material support to Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States—allegedly contributing to a drone attack on a US military base in Jordan that killed three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers[11][12][13][14] and injured 47 others.[11][12]

On 3 January 2025, Iran reportedly asked for a prisoner swap.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cecilia Sala in redazione al 'Foglio'". Prima Online (in Italian). 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Renato Sala". Banca MPS. Archived from the original on 1 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025. Independent Director pursuant to the combined provisions of the By-Laws, Ministerial Decree 169/2020, Italian Legislative Decree 58/1998 (Consolidated Law on Finance) and the Corporate Governance Code
  3. ^ "Chi è Elisabetta Vernoni, la madre di Cecilia Sala: "Faccio il soldato, come lei"". Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Un giornalismo in movimento, tra reportage all'estero e Polvere – con Cecilia Sala (S02 E05)". Giornalisti al Microfono (in Italian). 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Cecilia Sala". Giffoni Experience. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Chi è Cecilia Sala, genitori, compagno, anni, carriera e libri della giornalista arrestata in Iran mentre girava il podcast Stories". Il Giornale d'Italia (in Italian). 27 December 2024. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  7. ^ Bubola, Emma (27 December 2024). "Italian Journalist Is Detained While Reporting in Iran". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  8. ^ Tondo, Lorenzo (27 December 2024). "Italian journalist arrested and held in solitary confinement in Iran". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala". Al Arabiya English. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, chiesti arresti domiciliari per iraniano fermato a Malpensa" [Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, house arrest requested for Iranian stopped at Malpensa airport]. Sky Italia.
  11. ^ a b c Raymond, Nate (27 December 2024). Nickel, Rod (ed.). "Engineer pleads not guilty in US case over deadly Iran-linked drone strike". Reuters. Boston. Archived from the original on 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Office of Public Affairs (16 December 2024). "Founder of Iranian Company Arrested for Providing Material Support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and for Scheme to Procure Sensitive U.S. Technology for Use in IRGC Military Drones, One of Which Killed Three U.S. Servicemembers". justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Italy-Iran diplomatic tangle escalates over detained citizens as US seeks man over drone attack". Washington Post. 2 January 2025. Archived from the original on 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  14. ^ Winfield, Nicole; Karimi, Nasser (3 January 2025). "Iran warns Italy that bilateral ties at risk if it bows to 'hostile' US demands over drone suspect". Associated Press. Tehran, Iran. Archived from the original on 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  15. ^ Alavi, Shahed. "Iran tells Italy it seeks prisoner swap for jailed Italian journalist".
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Sala