Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on 19 December, according to the Italian foreign ministry.
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00:00Italy's foreign minister has said that Cecilia Sala, the Italian journalist detained by police
00:07in Iran, is in good health and that negotiations are underway to bring her home.
00:12Antonio Tajani said she's spoken to her parents and received a visit by Italy's ambassador
00:18to Iran.
00:19Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on the 19th of December.
00:24The Il Folio newspaper, to which Sala contributed, said she's being held in Tehran's Evin prison,
00:30notorious for holding dissidents.
00:33Sala also produced a podcast for Quora Media and the company said she'd left Rome on the
00:3812th of December with a journalistic visa and official guarantees for foreign correspondents.
00:44She was scheduled to return to Rome last Friday but stopped responding to messages on the
00:48morning of the 19th of December.
00:51Iran hasn't acknowledged Sala's detention but it can take weeks before authorities announce
00:56such arrests.