Penny Wong to announce the Albanese government’s new sanctions against those linked to the oppression of women and girls
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The targeted individuals include the spokesperson for Iran’s law enforcement forces, Saeed Montazer Al-Mahdi, who in July announced the return of patrols to respond to those who, according to him, had “extraordinary clothing” and “still insist on breaking the norms”. The new criteria – introduced in July – allow Australian travel bans and financial sanctions to be levelled against those implicated in the oppression of women and girls and other forms of oppression in Iran.
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