Australian-British lecturer jailed for spying set free

AFP 29 November 2020

An Australian-British lecturer jailed for spying by Iran has been released after two “traumatic” years, as part of a swap for three Iranian prisoners reportedly linked to a botched Bangkok bomb plot, reports AFP.

Middle East scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert said leaving Iran was “bittersweet” despite the “injustices” she had endured during more than 800 days detained in some of Iran’s toughest prisons. “I came to Iran as a friend and with friendly intentions,” she said, praising the “warm-hearted, generous and brave” Iranian people.

After what she called a “long and traumatic ordeal”, the University of Melbourne Islamic studies lecturer said she faced a “challenging period of adjustment” at home in Australia. The 33-year-old was arrested by Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2018, after attending an academic conference in the holy city of Qom in central Iran. She was later charged with espionage and sentenced to 10 years in jail.
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