30-year-old Italian Alessia Piperno arrested in Tehran

Alessia Piperno's parents told the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on October 3 that the previous day their daughter informed the family she had been detained after having been out of reach for four days. The parents said Alessia told them during a short phone call that "they arrested me, and I am in Tehran prison. Please help." Piperno, 30, is a solo world traveler who has been in Iran for 2 1/2 months.