The United Nations Security Council has held urgent talks in New York on Iran after US President Donald Trump said “all options” remained on the table.
The threat of US military intervention has loomed large over the Middle East in recent days as news of Iran’s bloody crackdown on protesters slowly trickled out despite a near-total phone and internet shutdown by authorities.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong acknowledged the talks during a press conference from Adelaide on Friday which, she said, “underlines the seriousness of the situation”.
“Hundreds, if not thousands, of Iranians have been killed by their own government, by a brutal, oppressive regime which is seeking to maintain power,” she s
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