When Aussie academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was invited to attend an Iranian university seminar in 2018, she never imagined the horrors she would soon face.

When checking in for her return flight to Australia, Moore-Gilbert was accused of being a spy, and quickly thrust into a high-security prison run by Iran’s paramilitary group, the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

“I was blindfolded, handcuffed, and surrounded by noisy men,” she told Jonesy & Amanda.

“I was completely under their control and I did feel unsafe.”

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