Australia brokers intelligence-sharing deal with Iran
Australia and Iran will share intelligence to track foreign fighters working with Daesh in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday, as lawmakers urged caution. In the first trip to Iran by an Australian minister in more than a decade, Bishop said it would be an informal arrangement. Her comments came after a meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani and Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign affairs adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We have a common purpose with Iran in defeating Daesh ...
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