An Australian travel-blogging couple who were being detained in Iran on charges of spying have been released, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Saturday, AFP reports.
Perth-based Jolie King and Mark Firkin had been documenting their journey from Australia to Britain on social media for the past two years but went silent after posting updates from Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan about three months ago.
They were alleged to have used a drone to take pictures of "military sites and forbidden areas", an Iranian judiciary spokesman said last month.
Following "very sensitive negotiations" with Tehran, the couple have been released, Payne said Saturday.
"They are being returned to Australia and they will be reunited with their family," she told reporters in Sydney.
"They are in good spirits and they are in good health," she added.
