Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Australian academic jailed in Iran, says she rejected offer to become a spy
- molly510
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min read
An Australian academic held in a Tehran prison has said she rejected an offer from Iran to become a spy in exchange for her release. Melbourne University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been held in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran since October 2018, serving 10 years for espionage.
In extracts of multiple handwritten letters smuggled out of prison — published by The Guardian and Times of London — Dr Gilbert-Moore said she had never been a spy and feared for her mental health.
"I am not a spy. I have never been a spy and I have no interest to work for a spying organisation in any country. When I leave Iran, I want to be a free woman and live a free life, not under the shadow of extortion and threats," one of the letters said.
Dr Moore-Gilbert also wrote to her "case manager" in the letter, "please accept this letter as an official and definitive rejection of your offer to me to work with the intelligence branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps", the Guardian reported.
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