The news of the arrest and detention of Cecilia Sala in the homeland prisons of the happy Islamic Republic of Iran, now belongs to the past news.
Far from sharing the whys and wherefores of the arrest, except that the reporter appears to have in some way contravened Islamic law, Iran has succeeded in confirming its reputation as an illiberal and skilled violator (it does) of international law and practice, elastic elements of conceptuality often subject to dangerous variable geometries.
If it were easily confirmed that the arrest of Cecilia was the result of revenge for the arrest of an Iranian citizen involved in crimes of a certain gravity, leaving said citizen free would create a precedent that would make our country, the correct executor of the arrest request, easy prey for anyone who had the means to kidnap one of our fellow citizens in order to avoid complying with extremely inconvenient obligations and laws.
We need to think about it, just as we need to think that, perhaps, we should not stigmatize those who legitimately requested the arrest but those who fraudulently and for revenge carried it out by religiously searching in their codes for a motivation that does not include the scarcely credible cattle rustling.
La freedom of opinion it is fundamental, and it is right and sacrosanct to demand it for Cecilia Sala as for all Italians unduly imprisoned, including the too long forgotten Andrea Costantino. There is therefore no doubt that a general stance against the Iranian regime, which is well known in circumstances such as these, would be highly anticipated and desired.
In cauda venenum; proudly affected by the rebellious salmon syndrome, we go up the placid rivers as usual and go against the current dissociating ourselves from those who stone Cecilia Sala for opinions expressed in 2013 on the dispute of the marines who, let it be clear, we have defended and will always defend for what they are and what they represent. When Cecilia tweeted with youthful impetuosity, as a good minor, perhaps he didn't have a clear understanding of the larger, more complex dynamics. After all, who can say they are innocent and free from blame for what they said and did in adolescence? Nobody. Not even someone for things said or done in the so-called and indefinite age of reason, of course.
As good wishes for the upcoming 2026, we hope that Cecilia will soon be free, that perhaps the law will find its reasons satisfied; that, perhaps, with different and wiser eyes, even the events involving other people in other times can be seen with another spirit, more human and understanding.
Courage Cecilia!