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Sydney: Australian-British researcher Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was released after being imprisoned for two years in Iran on espionage charges, arrived in Australia on Friday, according to local media.
The investigator specializing in Middle East affairs landed at Canberra airport, after spending more than 800 days in an Iranian prison, according to Australian public broadcaster ABC.
The investigator arrived with great discretion, as the Australian government reported that Moore-Gilbert, 33, had asked that her privacy be respected until she survived this ordeal.
She was released on Friday after being incarcerated for two years, which she described as a “long and shocking ordeal.”
She was released in exchange for the release of three Iranians accused of being involved in an attack allegedly targeting Israeli diplomats.
An Australian government plane landed Australia time Friday night in Canberra from an airbase on Australia’s western coast to where Moore-Gilbert was flying after leaving the Middle East.
The 33-year-old investigator was arrested in 2018 by the Revolutionary Guards after attending a conference in the city of Qom in central Iran. She was charged with espionage and sentenced to ten years in prison.
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