{"id":1210090,"date":"2023-09-12T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/sep\/13\/australia-to-impose-sanctions-on-iranian-state-media-over-broadcast-of-forced-confessions"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:00:35","slug":"australia-to-impose-sanctions-on-iranian-state-media-over-broadcast-of-forced-confessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/09\/12\/australia-to-impose-sanctions-on-iranian-state-media-over-broadcast-of-forced-confessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to impose sanctions on Iranian state media over broadcast of forced confessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penny Wong to announce the Albanese government\u2019s new sanctions against those linked to the oppression of women and girls<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2023\/sep\/13\/australia-politics-live-no-campaigner-objects-to-comments-by-gary-johns-former-military-leaders-warn-on-climate-security\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/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><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia will impose sanctions on Iranian state media for broadcasting forced confessions, with the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, vowing to take tougher action before the anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2022\/oct\/31\/mapping-irans-unrest-how-mahsa-aminis-death-led-to-nationwide-protests\">Mahsa Jina Amini\u2019s death in custody<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brushing off claims from the Coalition that the government has been slow to act, Wong will announce on Wednesday that she is introducing new sanctions against those linked to the oppression of women and girls.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/sep\/13\/australia-to-impose-sanctions-on-iranian-state-media-over-broadcast-of-forced-confessions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny Wong to announce the Albanese government\u2019s new sanctions against those linked to the oppression of women and girlsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustr&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4049,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1340,1208,1730,6,25,18698,94,1258,19376],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210151,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210090\/revisions\/1210151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}