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Iran releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, detained for three weeks without explanation Blogging Sole

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Rome — An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks and whose fate became linked to that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the United States was released Wednesday and is returning home, Italian officials said. A plane carrying Cecilia Sala took off from Tehran after “intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence channels”, Prime … Read more

Iran releases rapper Toomaj Salehi, whose lyrics about Mahsa Amini initially sentenced him to death Blogging Sole

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Iran releases rapper Toomaj Salehi, whose lyrics about Mahsa Amini initially sentenced him to death Blogging Sole

Iranian rapper and activist Toomaj Salehi was released from prison more than two years after his words and support for the massive women’s rights protests that swept the country following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini He was imprisoned and ultimately sentenced to death, his lawyers representing him said in a statement on … Read more