Australians,including the media,need to pay greater attention to the plight of the Iranian community and defend its rights to speak out in opposition against a tyrannical regime.
The head of Iran’s notoriously brutal morality police and Russian intelligence operatives accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny are on the list.
I’m often asked what more we can do to protect human rights. It’s a tough question with no simple answer,but today I’m sending a strong message.
As Iranian women dare to protest,what could Australia possibly do to help them? There are actions that can make difference.
Human rights advocates have blasted Australia’s response to Iran’s brutal crackdown on protesters as embarrassing and morally reprehensible.
Iran’s supreme leader,Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,clearly believes that compromising on the regime’s ideological pillars – including hijab – will only hasten its collapse.
Shahram Poursafi,identified by US officials as a member of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard,is currently wanted by the FBI on charges related to the murder-for-hire plot.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has arrived back in Britain after “six years of hell”. Hers is one of the world’s highest-profile cases of hostage diplomacy.
The operation involved an employee at Fordow cooperating with Israeli spies in exchange for cash and digital currency,the state news agency said.
Negotiators have agreed to return to the 2015 deal,but the decision must be signed off by Biden and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In a reference to expanding its power and influence,Ebrahim Raisi said Iran would stand by people “wherever there is oppression and crime in the world”.