(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 3 - Talks are ongoing between the Italian government and US authorities on the case of Cecilia Sala, the Italian journalist detained in Iran, well-informed sources said on Friday.

"Cecilia Sala is finally returning home and will be able to embrace her family again", wrote Conte, praising the cabinet, diplomatic corps and intelligence service members "who made this result ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was released after being detained in Iran for three weeks. Sala's plight became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer wanted by the U.S.

The Sala, which has woven a narrative of contemporary life laced with core environmental concerns, is now organising a ‘shadow cabinet’ to explore how a people’s government should be.