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Embassy encourages Australia-based Iranians to volunteer to help war effort
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Embassy encourages Australia-based Iranians to volunteer to help war effort

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Tehran’s embassy in Canberra is promoting a recruitment drive for a paramilitary campaign to defend Iran from US forces, with the Australian federal police now looking into the matter. As the war approaches the two-month mark, the embassy’s website and Telegram channel this week posted a message that instructed people on how to register for a voluntary drive to fight for their country , known as the “Janfada” – or “sacrificing life” – program. The message, which was removed from the Telegram account and website after questions were sent to the embassy, has caused alarm among diaspora groups, with one calling for the embassy to be closed down and others raising the legality of such recruitment.…

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