Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who spent two years in an Iranian prison, divorced her husband, an Israeli citizen, after discovering that he was having an affair with her doctoral supervisor
Spent two years in Iranian prison, Kylie Moore-Gilbert // Photo: AP
First-degree betrayal
: A storm raged in Australia today (Saturday) after Australian investigator who spent two years in Iranian prison, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, revealed that her husband, Israeli Ruslan Sakharov, had cheated on her with her co-worker while imprisoned in Iran.
The shocking discovery was revealed on Moore-Gilbert's Twitter page where she wrote that Sakharov had a long affair and even moved in with Dr. Kylie Baxter, her doctoral supervisor and her friend for years, while she was languishing in an Iranian prison.
Menner-Gilbert announced that she and Sakharov were divorced following the discovery and wrote: "Forgive me my dear friends on Twitter for a message of personal significance, but I am officially divorced."
Forgive the irrelevant personal announcement dear Twitter, but ... ladies and gentlemen, I am officially divorced!
Time for a sneaky kardonnay?
https://t.co/3jBr5OzCYK
- Kylie Moore-Gilbert (@KMooreGilbert) April 8, 2021
Baxter and Sakharov met and connected during the campaign for the release of Moore-Gilbert, and despite an age gap of more than ten years between the two, they began an affair that lasted more than a year and a half.
Moore-Gilbert defended her husband, an Israeli citizen, after the Iranian authorities tried to persuade him to come to the country to discuss the release of his wife, for fear of being snatched as a bargaining chip with the Israeli government.
Moore-Gilbert managed to smuggle a letter from the infamous Avin Prison in Tehran to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, detailing the plot of guards to lure her husband to Iran, at the risk of her life, while her husband was already living with her school friend, the British Daily Mail reported. .
The Iranians accused Moore-Gilbert of being an Israeli spy and arrested her while trying to leave the country at Tehran International Airport.
Nick Warner, head of Australia's intelligence services, was able to conduct a prisoner exchange for Moore-Gilbert and she was released after two years in prison.
