Iran women’s soccer team saga deepens; mines placed in Strait of Hormuz; Penny Wong says Australia not involved in conflict

The women on the Iranian soccer team had asked whether Burke could help get their families out of Iran, he said.

“The challenge with Iran is we can’t even get Australian citizens, necessarily out of Iran,” Burke said.

“And I was very upfront in my meetings with people, because they’d ask me, can I now help their family members if I help them. And I was very clear, even Australian citizens who are in Iran at the moment, we don’t have a way of getting them out,” he said.

“And so obviously, when people are permanent residents, there are rights that they
have in terms of sponsoring other family members. But all of it only becomes relevant if people can get out of Iran in the first place.”