Ireland – Irish Mirror, Aug. 02, 2025
The wife of Robert Pether has described his ordeal as “absolutely horrendous treatment of an innocent man”
It will be two months next week since “innocent” Robert Pether was released from prison in Iraq– but he has still not been allowed to return home to Ireland.
Tánaiste Simon Harris’s Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed to the Irish Mirror on Friday that the family in Ireland of engineer Robert are still waiting for his return, four years after he was locked up.
People close to the situation told the Irish Mirror that there could be developments as soon as “next week”, with Tuesday (August 5) marking exactly two months since he was released.
Mr Pether was arrested in Baghdad in April 2021 amid a €20 million contract row between his Dubai-based employer and Iraq’s Central Bank.
After a high-profile campaign that was reported throughout by the Irish Mirror, it was finally announced on June 5 that Rob, 49, was being released.
