Monitoring of social media may be considered foreign interference and anyone affected should call national security hotline, counter terrorism chief says
With rising concerns that Iran’s government is monitoring overseas protests, the AFP has set up a national security hotline to report harassment or surveillance.With rising concerns that Iran’s government is monitoring overseas protests, the AFP has set up a national security hotline to report harassment or surveillance.
Officials from the department and the Australian federal police on Wednesday appeared before the Senate foreign affairs committee’s inquiry into the human rights implications of recent violence in Iran. Protests in the country have continued for months, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who witnesses say was savagely beaten by religious police for not wearing the hijab.
In recent weeks Iranian authorities have carried out several executions of protesters accused of assaulting government forces. There has also been concern shared about Iran’s government monitoring protests occurring overseas.
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