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Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s family and colleagues plea for her release after two years in Iranian prison
Family and colleagues of Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert have renewed pleas for her release from an Iranian prison as they mark the "very bleak anniversary" of her incarceration two years ago.
Dr Moore-Gilbert, who worked as a lecturer in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Melbourne, was arrested in September 2018 at Tehran airport as she was leaving Iran after attending an academic conference.
- Tracey Shelton
- ABC News
She was subsequently tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison for…