14/09/2019 admin

Kylie Moore-Gilbert named as British-Australian academic held in Iran

BBC News
A British-Australian woman detained in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East politics specialist at Melbourne University. A British-Australian woman detained in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East politics specialist at Melbourne University. She has been held for a “number of months” already, on charges that remain unclear, the Australian government says. Dr Moore-Gilbert is the third foreign national revealed this week to have been arrested in the country. Media reports say she has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Read more.