a british australian academic has
expressed relief
and thanks at her release from two years
detention in iran for espionage
kylie moore gilbert who always denied
wrongdoing was freed in exchange for
three
unnamed iranians imprisoned abroad mark
labelle reports
the first pictures of kylie moore
gilbert an australian academic
on her way to freedom releasing her face
mask
in front of the australian ambassador to
iran after two years
in prison she was facing another eight
years
in an iranian prison now wrongfully
imprisoned there
wrongfully convicted and it is
incredibly
essential that we did the work that was
done
to secure a release and see her coming
home
coming the other way state control tv
also reveals
three arrivals seemingly in exchange for
the british australians release
being heralded by iran's deputy foreign
minister
the melbourne university lecturer's exit
comes after she was tried in secret
on charges of spying which she denies
she was held at a notorious prison in
the desert
and let it be known she had rejected an
offer from iran to become a spy
in a statement dr moore gilbert thanked
australian officials and said
i have nothing but respect love and
admiration for the great nation of iran
and its warm-hearted generous
and brave people it is she said with
bittersweet feelings
that i depart your country despite the
injustices which i have been subjected
to
prison conditions would not have been
good that kylie had been living
through especially in the section where
the revolutionary guard
where she'd been detained because we
know that the ill treatment and torture
is quite prolific there
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the british government has yet to secure
the release of the british iranian
charity worker
nazanin zagari ratcliffe who was jailed
on spying charges in 2016
and has always maintained her innocence
her husband richard ratcliffe said this
latest release
shows deals are being done but didn't
know what it meant for his wife's
situation
yeah i just really fell in love with the
people iranian state media insists
they've exchanged a zionist spy
but dr moore gilbert's supporters say
they are over the moon
an amazing friend and colleague is on
her way home
mark lobel bbc news