Published: 12 March 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Kylie Moore-Gilbert says Iran tried to recruit her as a spy during two-year imprisonment (Guardian)
The British-Australian academic says after a fortnight in solitary confinement she was ‘basically having a prolonged anxiety attack’
‘It’s psychological torture’: Confined alone in a two-by-two metre box, Kylie Moore-Gilbert nearly broke (SMH)
The federal government is standing by its quiet approach to freeing Kylie Moore-Gilbert from Iranian detention after the Australian academic said her 10-year jail sentence would have been less severe had there been immediate publicity about her ordeal.
Dr Moore-Gilbert has also confirmed that her husband was having an affair with her colleague and PhD supervisor while she was in detention, saying she has not spoken with either of them since being freed.
