Irish-based Australian released after four years in Iraqi jail

Robert Pether was arrested and detained on April 7 in what his wife, Desree, believes was some form of contractual dispute, involving his employer, over the building of a new Central Bank building in Iraq.

An Irish-based engineer who has been imprisoned in Iraq for four years has been released, it has been confirmed tonight.

Robert Pether was arrested and detained on April 7, 2021, on fraud charges arising from a contractual dispute involving his employer over the building of a new Central Bank building in Iraq.