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Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention

The High Court's ruling was being closely watched [File: Lukas Coch/EPA]

Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by an Iranian asylum seeker demanding to be released from immigration detention because he feared being held indefinitely.

The man has been resisting deportation from Australia since 2018, arguing that he would be at risk because of his sexual orientation and religious beliefs.

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