Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a lecturer at Melbourne University. (AFP) May 7, 2020 Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian-British academic jailed in Iran for espionage, has attempted suicide on multiple occasions in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, according to the spouse of a prominent imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer. “Kylie Moor-Gilbert … has attempted suicide three times, [...]
Iranian women wearing protective masks walk in a street in the capital Tehran on February 20, 2020. (AFP) February 29, 2020 Australia will deny entry to all foreign nationals traveling from Iran due to the escalating outbreak of coronavirus in the Islamic republic, the government said on Saturday. Foreign nationals traveling from Iran [...]
The attackers of the Dutch universities stole student login details and posted them on an Iranian forum. (Reuters) February 15, 2020 Dutch broadcaster NOS on Friday reported that government-backed Iranian hackers have targeted three Dutch universities and another academic body in the past few months. The report is based on the findings of [...]
Abodllah Jamei Iranian gymnastics champion. (ISNA) February 04, 2020 President of Iran's Gymnastic Federation, Zahra Dargahi Incheh, has accused Australia of "politicizing" the process of issuing visas for three Iranian athletes. "Three months ago, we requested visas for three of our gymnasts to compete in the 2020 World Cup Gymnastics Melbourne, but Canberra's [...]
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a lecturer at Melbourne University. (AFP) January 22, 2020 An Australian-British academic jailed in Iran for espionage rejected Tehran’s offer to work as a spy, according to letters she smuggled out of prison published in British media Tuesday. Kylie Moore-Gilbert wrote that the first 10 months she spent in an [...]
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a lecturer at Melbourne University. (AFP) December 27, 2019 Two foreign academics detained in Iran have begun a hunger strike in protest against their incarceration, according to a letter published by their supporters. Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah and British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert said in the letter dated Dec. 24 they [...]
Two Australians detained in Iran have been named as Mark Firkin and Jolie King, with media reporting that the travel bloggers were arrested in July during their Asian trip. (Instagram) October 21, 2019 Acting on advice from the government, Australian universities have warned academics not to travel to Iran, after three Australians were [...]
Australians bloggers, Mark Firkin and Jolie King, were detained in Iran, they were arrested in July during their Asian trip. (Instagram) October 5, 2019 An Australian-British blogger and her fiancé said Saturday they were “extremely happy and relieved” to be reunited with their loved ones after being freed from a three-month detention in Iran. [...]
Two Australians detained in Iran have been named as Mark Firkin and Jolie King, with media reporting that the travel bloggers were arrested in July during their Asian trip. (Instagram) September 17, 2019 Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday confirmed the detention of three Australian citizens that was announced last week by the Australian government, [...]
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer at Melbourne University. (AFP) September 14, 2019 A British-Australian woman jailed in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne. The academic’s family issued a statement through the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade saying they were in [...]
