TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Australia’s envoy to Tehran in protest over “interfering” comments by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. This information was given by the media. The Australian diplomat was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday in the absence of Ambassador Lyndall Sachs and informed of the Australian Foreign Minister’s “volatile comments” and Iran’s “strong protest” against Australia’s new ‘anti-Tehran’ sanctions. Went. This information was given in the media report on Thursday. On Wednesday, Wong announced that his country was imposing “financial and travel sanctions on four individuals and three entities responsible for the oppression of people in Iran, including women and girls.” The sanctions were imposed ahead of the first anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in a hospital in Tehran on September 16, 2022. Xinhua news agency gave this information. Protests and riots broke out in Iran after Amini’s death. Iran accused the US and some other Western countries of “inciting riots and supporting terrorists” in the country.
