Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a British-Australian academic who was imprisoned in Iran for over two years on espionage charges. She has spoken out about the issues surrounding hostage diplomacy and the psychological impact of wrongful detention.

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Kylie Moore-Gilbert claimed universities were committing 'widespread, industrial fraud' by accepting money from students and giving them degrees that they did not earn because they were outsourcing their thinking to AI.

Western Sydney University academic Cath Ellis wrote SMH, The Age opinion piece using AI
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-06-03
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert wrote in this masthead last week that she had advised her stepdaughter to think twice about going to university.

Don’t tell young people to walk away from university. For many, it’s the only way
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-05-31
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Cath Ellis

Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a research fellow in Security Studies at Macquarie University and a regular columnist.

Why Iranians are celebrating being bombed
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-03-01
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a research fellow in Security Studies at Macquarie University and a regular columnist.

why we need a strong centrist party in Victorian politics
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-28
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who spent 804 days in an Iranian prison after being falsely accused of being a spy, called for security agencies to scrutinise whether close relatives of Iranian regime officials meet the character test required to live in Australia.

Iran officials may have entered Australia alongside women’s Asian Cup squad
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-26
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an academic in Middle Eastern political science at Macquarie University and the author of a memoir about her time in an Iranian prison.

I thought I was in control of the algorithm. Then came the dreams of blood-soaked streets
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-01-28
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Donald Trump

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian analyst, wrote about the potential for another round of protests in Iran.

Could the US help install Reza Pahlavi to topple the Islamic Republic and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini?
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-01-16
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an academic in Middle Eastern political science at Macquarie University and the author of a memoir about her imprisonment.

Australia finally calling out thugs who jailed me
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-03
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is a regular columnist and the author of memoir The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison.

I gave birth four days before Stacey’s death. This tragedy could have happened to any of us
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-11-09
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Stacey Warnecke

Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s years in prison served as an example of how brutal the regime could be.

Australia-Iran: Eight embassy staff were at risk
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-08-27
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested in Iran in September 2018 on charges of espionage, which she has always denied.

Australien weist iranischen Botschafter aus
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2025-08-26
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic who was detained by the Iranian regime for 804 days.

Who are Iran’s sworn enemies and what is its Revolutionary Guard?
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-08-26
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an academic in Middle Eastern political science at Macquarie University and the author of memoir The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison.

Federal government right to act against Iran
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-08-26
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Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert accused the Iranian embassy in Canberra of sponsoring the surveillance of dissidents in Australia.

Iran directed arson attacks in Australia and ‘fanned the flames’ of antisemitism, country’s spy chief says | Australia news
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-26
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian British scholar who was imprisoned in Iran for two years, commented on the situation.

Iran has detained four Iranian Americans, say rights groups – The Irish Times
The Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·IrelandIreland· 2025-08-02
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert spent 804 days in an Iranian prison.

Bombing of Evin prison may be metaphor for Iranian people’s fate: Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-25
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Evin Prison, which historically has held political prisoners and Westerners, including Australian researcher Kylie Moore-Gilbert.

How the ’12-day’ Middle East war unfolded
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-24
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert was held in Tehran’s Evin Prison from 2018 to 2020.

Israel-Iran ceasefire announced by Trump. Here’s what we know
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-24
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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Melbourne-based scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies was held in solitary confinement at the prison following her arrest in 2018.

Evin Prison hit in strike
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-23
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Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian specialist in Middle Eastern political science who was imprisoned by the Iranian regime.

Iran is exposed, but can it be deterred?
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-20
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian academic who was held and imprisoned in Iran from 2018 to 2020 after being falsely charged with espionage.

Coalition vows to create post to rescue jailed Australians
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-04-23
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