Australian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
7 sources·Updated October 12, 2026
Robert Pether release
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- Irish Examiner·3h agoRobert Pether returning to Ireland after being held in Iraq for five years
The wife of Mr Pether, Desree who is on her way to Dublin Airport, said her husband is “very emotional”
Read at Irish Examiner → - Irish Times World·5h agoEngineer Robert Pether heading home to Ireland after being detained in Iraq for five years
Irish resident had been under travel ban in Baghdad after being let out of prison a year ago
Read at Irish Times World → - Irish Independent Ireland·5h agoEngineer Robert Pether returns home to Ireland five years after arrest in Iraq
Mr Pether was imprisoned in Iraq, along with his colleague, in 2021 in a dispute between his employer and the Central Bank of Iraq
Read at Irish Independent Ireland → - The West World·7h agoAustralian Robert Pether free to leave Iraq after diplomatic pressure
An Australian man trapped in Iraq has finally been allowed to leave the country and reunite with his family after years of detention.
Read at The West World → - SBS Australia·7h ago'Exhausted': Family speaks as Australian man released from Iraq after post-prison limbo
Robert Pether was imprisoned in Iraq in 2021 and released last year but was unable to leave the country.
Read at SBS Australia → - ABC Just In AU·8h agoAustralian engineer Robert Pether leaves Iraq five years after arrest
Robert Pether was arrested in 2021 and served more than four years behind bars over what friends and family called trumped-up fraud charges.
Read at ABC Just In AU →
