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To: Australian Immigration Department, specifically the Minister of Immigration, Andrew Gile
MP Andrew Gile: Speed Up the Immigration Process for Iranians
We ask the Australian Immigration Department, specifically the Minister of Immigration, Andrew Gile, to speed up the application process for any outstanding visas for Iranian people.
Why is this important?
There has been a series of protests against the government of Iran since the 16th September 2022, following the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini. The uprising by the people of Iran is against the mandatory hijab that has been enforced on Iranian women since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The same enforcement gave birth to the death of Mahsa, who sustained a fatal head injury inflicted by the Guidance Patrol (The Islamic "morality police") after being accused of violating Iran's mandatory hijab law.
Crowds have gathered across the country, protesting for justice and the removal of the mandatory hijab. If history is anything to go by, there will be no justice and brutality against the opposition will continue.
We ask the Australian government to support the people of Iran as they've done for Ukrainians and Afghans, especially by speeding up the application process for any outstanding visas to the Iranian people.