Wednesday 29 July 2020

British-Australian academic moved to notorious Iran prison

British-Australian academic moved to notorious Iran prisonA British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence for espionage in Iran has been moved to a notorious prison where concerns for her well-being have escalated, the Australian government confirmed Wednesday. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was a Melbourne University lecturer on Middle Eastern studies when she was sent to Tehran’s Evin Prison in September 2018. Iran told Australia that Moore-Gilbert had been recently moved to Qarchak Prison east of Tehran, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement.




source https://news.yahoo.com/british-australian-academic-moved-notorious-075738237.html

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