Australian FM Criticizes Iran's Violations of Human Rights

 


Foreign Minister of Australia Penny Wong has denounced the regime's violations of Iranian citizens' human rights.

She stated in a tweet on Wednesday that she had discussed Iran's ruthless crackdown on demonstrators, the killing of protestors, and the oppression of minorities and women over the phone with her Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Additionally, she said that "she expressed concerns over foreign interference" in reference to recent claims made to the Australian Parliament, which claimed that Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps operatives had targeted Australian firms with cyberattacks in order to utilize their data for extortion.

Iranian Australians will not be watched or harassed in any way. We use every tactic at our disposal, including discussion, to defend human rights in accordance with our principles and interests, she wrote in a tweet.

A few days after Canberra announced further sanctions against Iran for breaching human rights and giving Russia drones to use in the Ukraine War, Wong and Amir-Abdollahian spoke on the phone.

Now, 13 Iranian citizens will be subject to targeted financial restrictions and travel bans, as well as targeted financial measures against one company that produces and supplies drones to Russia. Australia is one of a rising number of foreign countries imposing sanctions on regime members and its organizations.

Senior law enforcement, political, and military leaders are also sanctioned targets, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime's organization responsible for the bloody suppression of demonstrations after Mahsa Amini's killing and the ongoing persecution of the Iranian people.

Senior law enforcement, political, and military leaders are also sanctioned targets, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime's organization responsible for the bloody suppression of demonstrations after Mahsa Amini's killing and the ongoing persecution of the Iranian people.

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