Roundup: Italian reporter returns home after detention in Iran


ROME, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- An Italian reporter detained in Iran was freed and returned home on Wednesday.

Cecilia Sala, 29, was brought back on a military plane and landed Wednesday afternoon at Rome Ciampino airport where she was welcomed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and other cabinet members.

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