CNN —Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. Sala is a reporter for the Italian daily Il Foglio, which says the journalist is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison. The publication’s editor, Claudio Cerasa, wrote in the paper on Friday: “Journalism is not a crime. Let’s bring Cecilia Sala home.”“She is in Evin prison. CNN has reached out to Iran’s foreign ministry for comment.

---

Persons: Cecilia Sala, Sala, “, ”, Paola Amadei, Il, Il Foglio, Cecilia, Claudio Cerasa, Let’s, ” Cerasa, Guido Crosetto Organizations: CNN, Chora Media, Chora, Italian Locations: Italian, Tehran, Sala, Tehran’s, Iran, Rome