Iran Press/Iran news: Shrugging off the media hype over the imprisonment of Australian woman Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not submit to political smear campaigns.
Mousavi said, "She has been arrested on a charge of violating Iran’s national security, and a competent court has also issued the appropriate ruling by observing all relevant laws."
The diplomat pointed to the illegal detention of Mrs. Negar Ghods Kani, an Iranian citizen in Australia in 2017, saying: "Public opinion would not forget the Australian government’s treatment of Ms. Negar Qods Kani, who was kept in custody without committing any crime and was treated in an inhuman manner for 28 months. Among the examples of treatment of Ms. Qods Kani that were against the law and human rights were leaving her to have a delivery in prison, separating the infant from the mother, turning down the request for house arrest in lieu of imprisonment, barring her from seeing her baby regularly, and finally violating the consular commitments by extraditing her to the US."
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Melbourne University lecturer, along with two other nationals, Julie King and Mark Forkin, was arrested in October 2018 on charges of espionage in Iran.
Subsequently, Julie King and Mark Forkin were freed and returned to their homeland.
Kylie Moore Gilbert, however, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for espionage activities by a competent court of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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