An Australian academic jailed in Iran for espionage must serve out her sentence, the foreign ministry in Tehran has announced, stressing it will not submit to 'propaganda'
An Australian academic jailed in Iran for espionage must serve out her sentence, the foreign ministry in Tehran has announced, stressing it will not submit to"propaganda".on Tuesday after losing an appeal against a 10-year jail sentence.
Ms Moore-Gilbert,"like any other individual with a sentence, will serve her time while enjoying all legal rights," he added.The academic's arrest was confirmed in September. Ms Moore-Gilbert and detained Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah began an indefinite hunger strike on Christmas Eve, France's Sciences Po University said.
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