{
  "id": 10568870,
  "title": "Saeid thought he could protest the Iranian regime freely in Australia. He feels like he’s being watched",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/saeid-thought-he-could-protest-the-iranian-regime-freely-in-australia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:00:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/29/iran-protests-australia-surveillance-transnational-repression-foreign-interference-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tehran’s long arm into Australia is intimidating and surveilling those who speak out against the regime, activists say, as pressure grows on the federal government to shut down the Iranian embassy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Saeid Zand could hear the panic in his sister’s voice, though she tried to hide it. More than 12,000km away in Zand’s birth country of Iran,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}