Reality Bites: Far Left Instagram Couple Travels to Countries that “Get a Bad Rap from the Media” … Enter Iran and Get Tossed into Evin Prison for 10 Weeks

Two leftie bloggers Jolie King and Mark Firkin announced an international trip in 2017 “try to break the stigma around travelling to countries which get a bad rap in the media.”

Their trip across Asia was stalled ten weeks ago when the they were arrested and tossed into the notorious Evin Prison.
They have not been heard from since.

The BBC reported:

Two Australian citizens detained in Iran have been identified as Jolie King and Mark Firkin.

Ms King, who also holds a UK passport, and Mr Firkin were blogging their travels in Asia and the Middle East.

They were reportedly arrested 10 weeks ago near Tehran but news of the arrest, and that of another British-Australian woman, came to light on Wednesday.

Australia said it had repeatedly raised their cases with Tehran, including in a meeting between officials last week…

…In 2017, the couple left Western Australia to embark on a major trip driving across Asia to the UK. They were documenting their adventures on Instagram and Youtube, where they had more than 20,000 followers.

Videos of their travel through a dozen countries featured their cultural interactions and often showed drone footage of the natural landscape.

“Our biggest motivation… is to hopefully inspire anyone wanting to travel, and also try to break the stigma around travelling to countries which get a bad wrap [sic] in the media,” the pair wrote online.

Few details of the circumstances of their arrest have been made public, but the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said they had reportedly been flying a drone without a permit.

They are believed to be being held in Tehran’s Evin prison.

Via Andy Ngo.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1172089327334985729

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