British-Australian Academic Jailed in Iran Is Moved to Remote Prison Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has denied charges of espionage, is now in a facility where many have been infected with the coronavirus, rights activists say. New York Times, by Ellen Peltier, July 28, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/world/europe/british-australian-academic-jail-iran-qarchak.html Academics have provided ... Continue Reading>>
British-Australian Lecturer Has Been Held in Iranian Prison for Past Year Convicted of Espionage
Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Studies Institute, was arrested in Iran and charged with espionage. She has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. This week it was revealed that a British-Australian academic who had been teaching at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute in Australia was arrested in Iran in October of 2018 , tried allegedly for ... Continue Reading>>