Christian Porter

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British-Australian, Jolie king, and the Australian Mark Firkin were released from prison in Iran

said A British-Australian woman and her Australian friend, they are "extremely happy and relieved" after their release from an Iranian prison.

travel Blogger Jolie King and Mark Firkin were arrested, which flies in Tehran at the beginning of the year, according to reports, a drone without permission, while on a trip across Asia.

A second British-Australian, Kylie Moore-Gilbert is still in prison.

Australia 's Foreign Minister said talks to secure their release were ongoing.

Marise Payne told reporters that it was "with some huge relief" that you, Jolie King and Mark Firkin "was published, was able to announce and returned".

In a statement the couple said: "We are extremely happy and relieved to be back safely in Australia with those we love.

"During the last few months were very difficult, we know, it was hard for those Back Home who were worried for us. "

she said she hoped to get back to your "normal life" and asked for privacy, the concerns of other prisoners, the "intense media coverage" may not help, the efforts to you to bring home.

The pair were arrested after entering Iran as part of a big trip across Asia to the UK - they were blogging about it to thousands of followers on Social Media .

Meanwhile, Australia an Iranian student, Reza Dehbashi Kivi published, back to Tehran, depending on the country, the semi-official Fars news Agency.

Australia has hostages of its diplomatic'?

James Landale , the BBC's diplomatic correspondent

The publication of Jolie King and Mark Firkin from prison in Iran raises an obvious question: why has Australia successfully in their ever detained at home, while it is in the UK?

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe languishing in Evin Prison , remains. The Answer is, ultimately, can only give the Iranian authorities.

It's not for lack of trying: her husband, Richard, and The British Government have strongly supported her release, to try to embarrass Tehran with a vocal, public campaign. But the cases are different.

Ms-king is a Australian-British dual national, in the recital that Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a British-Iranian national team, is not accepted, a distinction by Iran.

The accusations, might be considered, by the Iranian judiciary to a different order: the flying spy drone without permission in comparison.

in Australia do not have the same historical baggage with Iran, which repeatedly attacks the UK for what Tehran see how his alleged colonial interference.

But most of all, Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe is considered to be of Iran, a major figure on the diplomatic chess Board.

The British Government accuses Iran to take diplomatic hostages as part of his attempt to resist economic and military pressure from the United States and its allies over its nuclear and missile programs.

The British Government has something, what Iran wants; it is not the release of an Iranian from the UK, but The Money Tehran is owed, for some tanks that were transmitted after The Revolution in 1979.

But the UK does not pay, the bill can be found a way around the sanctions.

The Truth is that Ms. Zaghari-is Ratcliffe tragically Caught Up in the larger geopolitical machinations of the Australian traveller.

Mr Dehbashi Kivi, were arrested in September 2018 for allegedly sending American military equipment to Iran.

Australia 's attorney-General Christian Porter declined to comment on the reasons for the decision, saying it could "diminish our Government will be able to with future questions of this kind in Australia 's best interests".

According to Australia 's Minister of foreign Affairs Marisa Payne, Ms Moore-Gilbert remains in prison in Tehran, where for almost a year, after allegedly taking a 10-year sentence.

"Very long negotiations" were held " to secure the release of the Cambridge-educated academic, Ms Payne added.

Australia said, "very long-term negotiations," instead of to release Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The two Anglo-Australian women were believed to be The First British passport holders with no dual Iranian nationality in the country, in the last few years.

their arrest echoes that of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was imprisoned there in 2016, after he was convicted for espionage, which she denies.

On Friday it was announced that Ms. Zaghari-would allow Ratcliffe, their daughter, Gabriella, five, to return to the UK to start school education.

The Mother and daughter were said to have of the family, travelled to Iran to visit relatives before she was arrested.

Who are The Other Brits are imprisoned in Iran?

As good as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, A Number of other dual UK-Iranian citizens in Iran.

Iran does not recognize dual citizenship, and there are no exact figures on the number of dual-nationals in detention.

But they belong to businessman and wildlife conservationist Morad Tahbaz , has also been arrested, the U.S. citizenship and was, in a RAID on environmental activists in January 2018, and Kameel Ahmady, a social anthropologist who has been in custody since August.

Anousheh Ashouri, a British-Iranian dual national, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in Tehran after he was convicted of spying for Israel.

Aras Amiri, 33, a resident in the United Kingdom, working for the British Council in London, took place in March 2018 on a visit to her grandmother uncomfortable. This year, Ms Amiri lost an appeal against a prison sentence for espionage, and that it was used as a "bargaining chip" by the Iranian Government .

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Source of news: bbc.com