Australians who were advised by the government to flee Iran via its border with Azerbaijan say they were marooned at the crossing without consular help for days – with two men taken into Iranian police custody and a 70-year-old woman taken into medical care after running out of medication while waiting for assistance.
Rose, who asked for her real name not to be used due to security fears, had rushed to Iran to visit a relative in the south of the country at the beginning of May. She was due to fly from Tehran back to Australia on 17 June.
