A British-Australian academic who was held in a solitary confinement in Iran’s prison for more than 800 days has separated from her husband after claiming he had an affair while behind bars .
Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a scholar of Islamic studies, was released in November last year on a prisoner swap contract after spending 804 days in jail on trumpet treason charges.
However, according to the Melbourne newspaper The Herald Sun, she then found out that her Russian-Israeli husband, Ruslan Hodorov, was having an affair with Dr Kylie Baxter, her university colleague and supervisor. PhD.
Prior to her arrest in September 2018, the 33-year-old man and Mr Hodorov had just bought a house on the east side of Melbourne after their 2017 wedding in a Jewish party.
But Moore-Gilbert is now said to be separating after discovering he was said to be unfaithful.
British-Australian academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert (pictured left), who was held in a lonely enclosure in a prison in Iran for more than 800 days, has been separated from her husband after he was found dead. discovered that he had a relationship with colleague Dr Kylie Baxter while she was behind bars. Right: Mr. Hodorov with Dr. Baxter
Both Mr. Hodorov and Dr. Baxter were pushing for the release of Dr. Moore-Gilbert after her arrest for espionage in September 2018.
She was sentenced to ten years but always denied the allegations.
The Herald Sun named friends of Mr. Hodorov, 31, and Dr. Baxter, 43, who said their relationship began a year after Ms Moore-Gilbert was arrested.
Dr Moore-Gilbert and Dr Baxter are both experts in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Melbourne.
Dr. Moore-Gilbert is reported to have suffered a ‘major’ shock when she learned what her husband had said.
She had defended her husband while in prison by refusing to help him seduce Iran into a plot committed by her captors, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp.
A letter from Dr Moore-Gilbert to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who was released from Evin prison, showed how the IRGC tried to set a trap for Mr Hodorov, whom they accused of an Israelite spy.
‘The Revolutionary Guard has imprisoned me in these horrific conditions for over nine months to remove me personally and my government,’ Dr Moore-Gilbert wrote to the prime minister.
Dr Moore-Gilbert, an Islamic scholars scholar, was released in November last year on a prisoner swap contract after spending 804 days in jail on trumpet-spying charges.
However, according to the Melbourne newspaper The Herald Sun, she then discovered that her Russian-Israeli husband, Ruslan Hodorov, was related to Dr Kylie Baxter, her university colleague and PhD supervisor.
They have also tried to use me as an enemy in a diabolical plot to get my husband, a permanent resident of Australia (and soon to be a new citizen) to join me in an Iranian prison. ‘
Dr. Moore-Gilbert and Mr. Hodorov married a few months before leaving their Melbourne home on her exploration trip to Iran.
They had met ten years earlier when she visited Israel, where Mr. Hodorov was living after emigrating from Russia with his family.
While in prison, Dr. Moore-Gilbert was kept in a small cell in a freezing temperature and psychologically tortured.
A university agreed to comment on the relationship proposals.
‘The university is grateful that Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert has returned to Australia and is getting back with family and friends,’ he told the Australian Daily Mail.
‘Our priority is health and wellbeing. We look forward to returning to campus when completed.
‘We don’t comment on Kylie’s private life. ‘
Dr. Moore-Gilbert described some of the conditions in her prison when she wrote a tweet in December about another prisoner.
Prior to her arrest in September 2018, the 33-year-old man and Mr Hodorov had just bought a house on east Melbourne after their 2017 wedding in a Jewish party.
‘She is blindfolded every time she leaves a small, cold, empty cell,’ she wrote.
She is even chewed and blinded when taken to the outdoor “exercise” arena. If she refuses, she will be handcuffed and dragged there by force.
‘No one has heard from her since she was moved.’
Last month, Dr Moore-Gilbert reunited with Perth bloggers Jolie King and Mark Firkin, two prisoners who spent time with them behind bars.
‘Sinister undercover meeting of evil’ ‘Mossad representatives’ depicting world domination (note – no harm done to this photo taken!)’ She wrote along with a selfie of the three.
The 31-year-old (right) shared a photo Wednesday with Perth bloggers Jolie King (center) and Mark Firkin (left) who was jailed with her for three months
British-Australian academic Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert will land in an Australian government jet in Canberra on 27 November 2020 after her release
Ms King and Mr Firkin had spent three years in Evin Prison in northern Iran before being released in October 2019.
Dr Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport in September 2018 while attempting to leave the country.
The accused pleaded guilty to the conviction of Iran’s authorities that she was a traitor to Israel because of her relationship with an Israeli citizen.
Nick Warner, head of the Australian intelligence service, successfully jailed Dr Moore-Gilbert for prison.
He is understood to have spent months convincing people at meetings and even at social events to release the Thai prisoners – whom the Iranian government called ‘businessmen’.
The Australian ambassador to Thailand, Allan McKinnon, was also lobbying with Thai officials to release three Iranian terrorists in exchange for a University of Melbourne lecturer.