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Australian academic tells of Iranian plot to trap her Israeli husband

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Published: 12 February 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

But Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrived home to discover her husband had cheated on her while she was held captive for more than two years

Australian academic: Iran tried to use me while jailed to lure Israeli husband (Times of Israel)
In a letter smuggled out of prison in 2019, Kylie Moore-Gilbert tells Australia’s PM of the Revolutionary Guard’s ‘diabolical plot’ to trap her spouse

Kylie Moore-Gilbert suffers fresh betrayal after horrific Iran prison ordeal (News.com.au)
After being jailed in Iran for 804 days, Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrived home to discover her husband’s alleged betrayal while she was held captive.

Academic’s husband alleged to have cheated on her when she was in Iranian prison (Jewish Chronicle)
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is reported to have filed for divorce after spending more than 800 days in jail on espionage charges

Photo: Moore-Gilbert and her husband
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