An Australian couple who spent more than three months detained in Iran have been freed in an apparent prisoner swap deal between the Morrison government and Tehran
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Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said the release of an Australian couple after months in jail"is a source of great relief and joy for everyone".The Australian traveller bloggers, who arrived in Perth on Saturday morning, said they were "extremely happy and relieved" to be home after being released from prison with all charges against them dropped.
The pair had been globetrotting since June 2017 and documenting their travels on Instagram and YouTube.Senator Payne said the government continued to seek the return of a third Australian, Melbourne University lecturer Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who had been in detention for a year, having reportedly been handed a 10-year sentence.Mr Firkin and Ms King said while they understood the intense public interest, they requested the media "let us and our families get back to our normal lives".
She said negotiations had been done "discretely" and noted each case of an Australian detained overseas was different and required "a specific and a particular response”.
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