In 2018 Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in an Iranian jail. Last week, she was released in a diplomatically fraught prisoner swap involving four different countries. Today, Jonathan Pearlman on what her freedom means for the other foreign citizens still jailed in Iran.



Guest: World editor for The Saturday Paper Jonathan Pearlman.




Background reading:The jailing of Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran in The Saturday Paper




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In 2018 Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in an Iranian jail. Last week, she was released in a diplomatically fraught prisoner swap involving four different countries. Today, Jonathan Pearlman on what her freedom means for the other foreign citizens still jailed in Iran. Guest: World editor for The Saturday Paper Jonathan Pearlman. Background reading: <a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2020/06/27/the-jailing-kylie-moore-gilbert-iran/159318000010028">The jailing of Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran</a> in The Saturday Paper See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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In 2018 Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in an Iranian jail. Last week, she was released in a diplomatically fraught prisoner swap involving four different countries. Today, Jonathan Pearlman ...

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