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Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released in exchange for three Iranian men — who are they?

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British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is now departing Iran after spending more than 800 days in prison.

Two videos released by Iranian state television showed the Melbourne University Middle East specialist in transit, with the latest video showing her boarding what appears to be an Australian Government-chartered jet.

Dr Moore-Gilbert was sent to Tehran’s Evin Prison in September 2018 and sentenced to 10 years on espionage charges — which she has always denied.

International pressure on Iran to secure Dr Moore-Gilbert’s release escalated in recent months, following reports that her health was deteriorating during long stretches of solitary confinement and that she had been transferred to the notorious Qarchak Prison, east…



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