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Australian-British academic jailed in Iran moved to dangerous desert prison

Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been moved to the Qarchak prison after spending nearly two years in Tehran's notorious Evin detention center.
Tehran, IRAN:  TO GO WITH AFP STORY IRAN-JUSTICE-PRISON-SOCIT BY PIERRE CELERIER  Iranian women inmates sit at their cell in the infamous Evin jail, north of Tehran, 13 June 2006. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE  (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran has transferred an Australian-British academic serving a 10-year-sentence for espionage to one of its most notorious prisons, which activists describe as rife with disease and violence.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer on Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne, had been held in northern Tehran’s Evin prison for nearly two years. In what appears to be a form of punishment, she’s been moved to Iran’s notorious Qarchak women’s prison, located east of the capital. 

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