Italian journalist returns to Rome after being freed by Iran

Cecilia Sala has arrived back in Italy( Chora Media/AP)

An Italian journalist detained in Iran for three weeks has returned home after her fate became intertwined with that of an Iranian engineer arrested in Italy and wanted by the United States.

A plane carrying Cecilia Sala, 29, landed at Rome’s Ciampino airport, where Premier Giorgia Meloni was on hand to welcome her alongside family members.