The case of the prominent Italian journalist detained in Iran is a test for Italy’s government as it gets caught up in Iran’s shadow war with the U.S.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been detained in Tehran, Italy’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday. She was in Iran on a reporting trip.

Conversation with the Iranian writer in exile in Washington: "Evin is a terrible place. Being imprisoned in isolation, with people who do not speak your language, is itself a form of torture. Let’s br