February
WA Police foil alleged white supremacist-inspired terror plot
A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with planning a mass casualty event on several Perth government buildings.
Armed man shot and killed inside Mar-a-Lago perimeter
The 21-year-old was carrying a gas canister and a shotgun. The president was not in Florida at the time.
Why did the UN still give Iran a platform after the massacres?
The question is no longer whether Iran’s foreign minister speaks in Geneva. It is whether UN determinations carry structural weight or are merely symbolic.
Islamic extremism ‘undeniable’ threat to Australia: spy chief
The new head of the Office of National Intelligence, Kathy Klugman, also said the Indo-Pacific has become a hotbed for international tensions.
Australia will pay for its Darwin Port mistake
Readers’ letters on the Darwin Port sale, Chalmers’ efforts on inflation, Adelaide Writers’ Week, the RBA’s interest rate decision, and AI and climate action.
Europe finally bans IRGC. Now follow the money that bankrolls repression
The uncomfortable conclusion is that Western financial systems have functioned, in practice, as the Iranian regime’s offshore balance sheet.
January
I was a DFAT staffer in Tehran. Regime change must come from within.
As Iran faces an uncertain road ahead, the enduring resolve of its people may help shape a path towards meaningful change and lasting peace.
Shattering the false narrative: Yes, Iranians really want Trump’s help
It’s time for the voice of the Iranian people to outweigh the brutal propaganda machine of the Islamic Republic.
US warns Iran ‘all options are on the table’ in emergency UN meeting
The US was joined by Iranian dissidents in rebuking the government’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say has killed at least 2677 people.
Trump threatens Insurrection Act to quell Minnesota protests
The president’s ultimatum could further fray tensions in Minneapolis, where an officer last week shot to death a mother of three as she tried to drive past him.
Iran warns of retaliation if Trump strikes as airspace reopens
Iranian officials have signalled fast trials and executions for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while promising retaliation if the US intervenes.
Exiled prince outlines Iran plan as Trump flags doubts
Donald Trump has said opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “seems very nice” but expressed uncertainty over whether he has enough support.
Why the ‘Free Palestine’ crowd goes silent on Iran
While thousands die in the Islamic Republic’s bloody crackdown, the progressive left remains quiet, exposing a stark double standard.
Iran’s master class in how to shut down the internet
So complete was the blackout that even regime insiders and journalists, who had been issued with so-called “white” SIM cards, found themselves cut off.
‘They will kill us to the last person’: Iranians plead for help
A 20-second phone call was all Rana Dadpour could secure with family in Iran after five days of total communications blackout.
Iranian man faces execution after joining anti-regime protests
A shop owner from north-central Iran is due to hang on Wednesday after joining anti-regime protests, a human rights group says.
At least 2500 dead in Iran as protesters await Trump’s ‘help’
The US president said he cancelled talks with Iranian officials and continued to mull the possibility of a military strike against Iran’s theocratic rulers.
Dispatch from Tehran: The week Iranians revolted against the regime
Cut off from the outside world, the Islamic Republic has been convulsed by some of the worst violence since the 1979 revolution.
Protests in Iran continue as authorities intensify crackdown
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has signalled a coming clampdown, despite US warnings.
Iran threatens protesters with death penalty
The protests have escalated into the most serious challenge to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his theocratic government since a nationwide uprising in 2022.
