Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic in Middle Eastern political science.
21 Facts About Kylie Moore-Gilbert
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was employed as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute and has carried out research into contemporary political developments in the Middle East.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was detained when she was at the airport preparing to leave the country.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert denied the charges, and no evidence for them was ever made public.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released by Iran in a prisoner swap on 25 November 2020, in exchange for three Iranian convicted terrorists in Thailand, who had been sentenced in connection with the 2012 Bangkok bomb plot.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert graduated from All Saints' College in Bathurst in 2005.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert graduated with first class honours in Arabic and Hebrew in 2013.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was tried and sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage.
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On 28 July 2020, Kylie Moore-Gilbert was transferred to Gharchak Women's Prison.
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The Sunday Times reported in June 2020 that sources close to Kylie Moore-Gilbert's family had informed it of her receiving beatings at the hands of guards, due to her looking out for new prisoners, and suffered injuries on her hands and arms.
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Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was held in Evin prison, said Kylie Moore-Gilbert was being kept in solitary confinement and was being severely abused, which shocked Iranian activists who knew about it.
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On 24 October 2020, Kylie Moore-Gilbert was said to have been transferred from Gharchak to an unknown location.
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On 29 October 2020, Kylie Moore-Gilbert was returned to Evin Prison.
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On 25 November 2020, Iranian state media announced that Kylie Moore-Gilbert had been released as part of a prisoner exchange.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert wrote a memoir titled The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison, published in 2022 by Ultimo Press in Australia and the UK and in 2023 by Urano World in the US.
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Moore-Gilbert has made several documentaries about her experiences in Iran, including Escape From Iran with Sky News and How Kylie Moore-Gilbert survived 804 days in Iran's worst prison with 60 Minutes.
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Since her release Kylie Moore-Gilbert has appeared regularly in Australian and international media providing commentary on issues such as Magnitsky sanctions, hostage diplomacy, Australians wrongfully detained abroad, Iran's human rights record and the Mahsa Amini protest movement.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert has appeared in episodes of ABC Q+A, 7:30,60 Minutes, SBS Insight and has written articles for The Atlantic, CNN, The Saturday Paper, The Age and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been vocal in advocating for other victims of hostage diplomacy and wrongful detention abroad, and has spoken publicly about the cases of fellow detained Australians Robert Pether, Cheng Lei and Sean Turnell.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been heavily involved in activism against the Iranian government and regularly appears in Iranian opposition media.
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Later that year, the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney appointed Kylie Moore-Gilbert a Visiting Fellow to study international collaboration on hostage diplomacy policy.