I wonder why the Morrison government weren't more public in their efforts to get Dr Moore-Gilbert released form the Iranian gaol. She was left to rot in gaol for almost two and half years.
Morrison didn't mind big-noting himself and Australia by being the first country in the world to demand an international inquiry into China and Covid.
Quiet diplomacy 'against my wishes'
Dr Moore-Gilbert says she maintained hope that she would be freed through a diplomatic deal orchestrated by the Australian government, but became frustrated by the inaction and Australia's approach of "quiet diplomacy".
She says she knew her story was "being deliberately kept out of the media” while the government tried to negotiate a quiet solution.
"That was against my wishes," she said.
Once her story became public in Australia more than a year after her arrest, she said she noticed “much greater attention was paid to my health and my condition".
Though Dr Moore-Gilbert says she's grateful for the Australian government for negotiating her final release, she says "she's not convinced the quiet diplomacy argument stacks up".
During her time in prison, the British-Australian academic repeated a daily mantra "I am free" as she was subjected to torture. But "harder" for her to process has been the discovery or her husband's infidelity while she was away.
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