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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia foils Iran surveillance plot and vows to bring foreign interference ‘into the light’

Australian home affairs minister Clare O'Neil
Australian home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says foreign interference is ‘one of the core threats our democracy faces’ after revealing thwarted Iran plot. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Australian security agencies have disrupted a foreign interference plot by Iran that was targeting an Iranian-Australian on Australian soil, the government has said.

The plot allegedly included individuals monitoring the home of a critic of the Iranian regime and extensively researching the person and their family.

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