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Iran-linked harassment sparks renewed anti-regime protests in Melbourne

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  • Saeid Zand resumed weekly anti-regime protests in Melbourne after his mother received an IRGC warning.
  • ASIO director Mike Burgess listed foreign-government harassment of citizens as a major Australian security threat in June.
  • Burgess warned on Neil Mitchell’s podcast that Iran could assassinate prominent Jewish Australians.
  • Exiled heir Reza Pahlavi urged Australia to close Tehran’s embassy, citing diaspora intimidation.