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Dec 2023
54m 11s

BEST OF: 804 Days In An Iranian Prison

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You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Kylie here.

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On the 12th of September, 2018, Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran’s International Airport in Iran. She spent 804 days incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prison for espionage, a crime she never committed.

She was an innocent Australian stuck in a foreign prison...with no way of getting home. Kylie’s story about her imprisonment, and what happened after she was finally released is unbelievable. Except it really happened.

THE END BITS:

With thanks to Kylie Moore Gilbert. Find her book The Uncaged Sky here.

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Host: Mia Freedman. You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Producer: Gia Moylan

Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff

Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou

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