Almost two years ago, the Iranian government arrested Australian scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport as she was leaving Iran after attending an academic conference in Qom. Moore-Gilbert languished in Iran’s Evin Prison for over a year, but, in July, Iranian authorities transferred her to Qarchak Women’s Prison, a prison notorious for torture and rape. The resulting outcry led to calls for action across Australia.

If the Australian government wants the Iranian regime to release Kylie Moore-Gilbert, they should begin by looking at how the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom have handled their own recent hostage dramas in Iran — and do the opposite.