After intense diplomatic work today
Alessia Piperno was released
by the Iranian authorities and is preparing to return to Italy.
The story
Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni personally informed
Alessia Piperno's parents of the girl's release during a phone call.
"After intense diplomatic work, today our compatriot Alessia Piperno was released by the Iranian authorities and is preparing to return to Italy. I want to thank all those who helped bring Alessia back to her family", writes Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on twitter.
"Released. We are waiting for you Ale".
This is one of the first messages posted on Instagram by Alessia Piperno's friends as soon as they heard the news of her release.
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"Secretary General Stoltenberg will forgive me if I do something out of the ordinary. As you may have known Alessia Piperno is on her way home. I wanted to thank our intelligence services, Undersecretary Mantovano, and the Foreign Ministry for the overtime, silent work to bring home this girl".
Thus the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, concluded the statements after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg.
"I'm sorry", she said again turning to Stoltenberg.