Iranian regime-linked handler investigated by Australian police over alleged death threat

<p>Protester alleges that Iranian handler ‘turned around and looked at us and then drew a line on his throat and pointed to us’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/12/federal-politics-parliament-reactions-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-matt-canavan-liberals-nationals-coalition-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Australian police investigated a complaint involving an Iranian regime-linked handler for the country’s football team after a group of activists alleged he threatened to kill them them at a Women’s Asian Cup match last week.</p><p>The criminal investigation, confirmed by Queensland police, has led to renewed calls from the Iranian diaspora for tougher immigration screening processes to block people linked to Iran’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/who-is-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> (IRGC) – a proscribed state sponsor of terrorism – from entering the country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/12/iranian-regime-linked-handler-alleged-death-threat-investigated">Continue reading...</a>

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