Australian Foreign Minister Speaks to Iranian Counterpart About Jailed Australian Academic

Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert from the University of Melbourne has reportedly been sentenced to 10 years behind bars in Tehran, Iran, in September 2019. AAP Image/Supplied by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has spoken to her Iranian counterpart about an imprisoned Australian academic, after the woman begged the government to help release her from jail.

Senator Payne spoke to her counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in India, but would not elaborate on the pair’s conversation about Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who has been sentenced to 10 years for spying.