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Australia should harden its response to Iran’s hostility
Posted By Ran Porat on March 31, 2023 @ 06:05
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[1] announced: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/14/australia-foils-iran-surveillance-plot-and-vows-to-bring-foreign-interference-into-the-light
[2] evidence: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-25/australia-iran-irgc-cyber-attacks-senate-inquiry-human-rights/101886648
[3] referred: https://www.asio.gov.au/director-generals-annual-threat-assessment-2023
[4] detaining: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/24/australian-among-40-foreign-nationals-held-in-irans-jails-amid-escalating-protests
[5] Kylie Moore-Gilbert: https://www.smh.com.au/national/terror-loneliness-a-lovesick-guard-kylie-moore-gilbert-s-804-days-in-a-tehran-jail-20220218-p59xmn.html
[6] reportedly involved: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55086337
[7] testimony: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-29/kylie-moore-gilbert-inquiry-human-rights-abuses-iran-protests/101708798
[8] sanctions: https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes/iran-sanctions-regime
[9] announced: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/targeted-sanctions-response-human-rights-violations-myanmar-and-iran
[10] protests: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/19/iran-protest-saqqez-mahsa-amini/
[11] indistinguishable: https://aijac.org.au/australia-israel-review/the-irgc-is-taking-over-iran/
[12] Ali Khamenei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran
[13] become: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-new-budget-bill-pours-money-security-military-sectors?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Social_Traffic&utm_content=ap_4ikhr38q6c
[14] criticised: https://www.islamtimes.org/ar/news/1038784/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86
[15] engages: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/01/senate-inquiry-recommends-designating-irans-revolutionary-guard-as-a-terrorist-organisation
[16] money laundering: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202301317124
[17] weapons smuggling: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-731555
[18] maritime piracy: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-iran-is-stepping-up-its-maritime-piracy/
[19] sent: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-to-send-ship-plane-and-personnel-to-persian-gulf-20190821-p52j8q
[20] confirmed: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/saif-al-adel-iran-de-facto-new-leader-al-qaida-united-nations
[21] warned: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/middleeast/iran-nuclear-weapons-iaea-chief-intl/index.html
[22] indicate: https://aijac.org.au/fresh-air/iaea-reports-show-iran-has-almost-reached-nuclear-weapons-capabilities/
[23] side with Russia: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/axis-convenience
[24] supplying: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/iran-uses-boats-state-airline-smuggle-drones-into-russia
[25] plant: https://www.wsj.com/articles/moscow-tehran-advance-plans-for-iranian-designed-drone-facility-in-russia-11675609087
[26] sanction: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/targeted-sanctions-response-human-rights-violations-iran-and-iranian-support-russias-invasion-ukraine