Foreign Minister Penny Wong says months after the initial request, she finally got a chance to speak with her Iranian counterpart directly.
The treatment of protesters and surveillance of Iranian-Australians were discussed.
"We will not tolerate surveillance or harassment of Iranian-Australians," Ms Wong said in a post on Twitter, with no mention of how long the phone call lasted.'You will be discovered': Minister's warning to foreign agents after meeting Iranian-Australian activists The sanctions also extend to senior law enforcement officials and military figures, such as those within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.On Monday, UN human rights expert Javaid Rehman updated the United Nations Human Rights Council on a fact-finding mission on the Iran government's treatment of protesters.
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