Ex-IRGC Detainee Criticises Australia’s Backing of UN Role for Iran

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was detained in Iran for two years, and says Australia should not have backed Iran’s election to a committee at the UN.

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

Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in 2018 for alleged spying, has come out questioning the Australian Labor government’s decision to back Iran’s latest appointment in the United Nations (UN).

On April 10, the IRGC was put forward to the U.N. Committee for Program and Coordination, which oversees policy decisions on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament, and terrorism prevention.