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Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert (pictured) was released in a reported prisoner swap deal early after spending two years in prison in Iran<br>The high-profile security consultant who masterminded the speedy departure of Schapelle Corby from a Bali prison also played a major role extracting Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert.<br>The Melbourne University Middle Eastern studies lecturer was finally freed after 804 days behind bars in an Iranian jail on trumped-up charges of spying for Israel.<br>But it's been revealed Ms Moore-Gilbert was moved to a Tehran safehouse earlier this month as prisoner-swap negotiation played out between Australia, Iran and Thailand.<br>John McLeod, the figure behind Tora Solutions, was close by as the events unfolded, the [ ] reported - like he had been when Bail prisoner Sara Conor was released from jail earlier this year and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour đi thái lan] when Adam Whittington was whirled away from Beirut following the 60 Minutes child abduction saga in 2016.<br>His clandestine spy craft was highly publicised after Corby escaped a waiting media pack in 2014.<br>Mr McLeod used 10 decoy cars with blacked out windows to create a diversion while the two made their getaway in another vehicle.  <br>                John Mcleod and Schapelle Corby are pictured together at the Brisbane International Tennis tournament <br>         John Mcleod and Schapelle Corby are pictured in a light-hearted photo after avoiding  paparazzi in 2017<br>Although he has not spoken publicly,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-thai-lan-bangkok-pattaya-5-ngay.html tour thái lan] McLeod posted a message to Instagram earlier this week along with footage of Ms Moore-Gilbert.<br>'Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released from an Iranian jail in exchange for three Iranian prisoners held in custody abroad,' the caption said.<br>'International Crisis and Security Management. Assurance Protection Stability. Since 1990.'<br>Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Tora Solutions for comment. <br>Ms Moore-Gilbert was not told about her release or the prisoner sway until the day she boarded the plane.<br>'They moved her to (a) safe house in Sanaee Street for 17 days then suddenly asked her to collect her stuff and move back to Evin (Prison) on November 24.'<br>'Someone from the Australian Embassy met her and asked her to sign paperwork and be ready to leave.'<br>The source also said she was made to confess to being an Isaeli spy with the promise she would get to leave the country.<br>The video was later broadcast on Iranian state TV. <br>         Pictured: Health officials and the Australian Defence Force wait for Dr Moore-Gilbert to disembark jet<br>On Friday afternoon, she finally arrived back on Australian soil and celebrated her return to Australia with a coffee and [http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=Tim%20Tam Tim Tam] after spending more than two years in an Iranian prison.<br>Dr Moore-Gilbert was met by public health officials and members of the Australian Defence Force after disembarking from a plane at Canberra Airport. <br>Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Dr Moore-Gilbert will have to quarantine before re-entering the community. <br>Sources told the [ ] Dr Moore-Gilbert celebrated her return home in an understated way.<br>'Kylie had her first decent cup of coffee in two years on the plane, and a Tim Tam,' the source said. <br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8988037/Scott-Morrison-snaps-Karl-Stefanovic-Today-interview-Australian-locked-Iran.html  'You make those calls': Scott Morrison snaps at Karl...] [/news/article-8987863/Academic-Kylie-Moore-Gilbert-speaks-time-two-year-prison-stint-Iran.html  Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert says she suffered 'injustices'...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>She was seen walking across the tarmac before being escorted into a van on Friday afternoon.   <br>Dr Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer on Middle Eastern studies at Melbourne University, was arrested at Tehran's airport in 2018 after attending an academic conference.<br>She was sent to Tehran's notorious Evin prison and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on espionage charges. She has always strenuously denied the charges. <br>Multiple diplomatic and senior government sources confirmed that Dr Moore-Gilbert was stopped at the airport in 2018 after authorities discovered she was in a relationship with an Israeli citizen, according to [ ]. <br>She was freed after more than six months of high-level negotiations between Iran, Australia and Thailand, led by the chief of Australia's intelligence community member Nick Warner. <br>Australian authorities, including Ms Payne who met her Iranian counterpart and discussed Dr Moore-Gilbert's case on four occasions, pursued a strategy of 'quiet diplomacy'. <br>         Dr Moore-Gilbert flew into [https://www.biggerpockets.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=Canberra Canberra] from the Middle East on Friday afternoon<br>         Dr Moore-Gilbert is seen following her release from an Iranian prison <br>The country's involved agreed not to publicly discuss the deal because of the sensitive diplomatic nature, however, a news website affiliated to state television in Iran first reported the prisoner swap. <br>Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday that he had spoken to Dr Moore-Gilbert and she was in good spirits. <br>The Australian government has refused to confirm that the academic's freedom was extracted through a prisoner swap.<br>'The Australian government doesn't acknowledge or confirm any such arrangement regarding any release of any other persons in any other places,' Mr Morrison told reporters in Canberra on Thursday.<br>'If other people are being released in other places, they are the decisions of the sovereign governments in those places.'<br>Iranian media claimed three[  Pictured: Dr Moore-Gilbert is escorted onto a van after getting off a plane in Canberra<br>Kylie Moore-Gilbert (pictured above) spent more than two years behind bars in Iran after she was imprisoned on espionage offences <br>Dr Moore-Gilbert's family said they were 'relieved and ecstatic' while the lecturer herself expressed her 'love and admiration for the great nation of Iran and its warm-hearted, generous and brave people'. <br>Despite her harrowing ordeal, Dr Moore-Gilbert refuses to blame Iran's people for her wrongful imprisonment.<br>'It is with bittersweet feelings that I depart your country, despite the injustices which I have been subjected to,' she said.<br>'I came to Iran as a friend and with friendly intentions, and depart Iran with those sentiments not only still intact, but strengthened.'  <br>Dr Moore-Gilbert (pictured) described her release as 'bittersweet' despite the injustices she was subjecte[ Kylie Moore-Gilbert detained by Iran over[ ][ ]