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

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Mar 12, 2026 - 09:45

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

Protester alleges that Iranian handler ‘turned around and looked at us and then drew a line on his throat and pointed to us’

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.

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 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – a proscribed state sponsor of terrorism – from entering the country. Continue reading...