Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns to Rome following weeks of imprisonment in Iran

Outgoing president Joe Biden is due to visit Rome later this week. Meloni thanked "all those who contributed to to making Cecilia's return possible". Sala's partner, fellow journalist Daniele Raineri, told Ansa news agency: "I spoke to her and she told me 'I'll see you soon', she was emotional and overjoyed." Mohammad Abedini is due to go before a court in Milan on 15 January, and Tehran has in recent days played down any connection between the two cases.