Iran

June 22, 2025

Australian government backs US strikes on Iran but urges ‘peaceful settlement from here’

Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong refuses to say whether Pine Gap facility in NT was used in the American bombing of three Iranian sitesAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia supports the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and maintains the latter nation must not be allowed to possess atomic weapons, foreign affairs minister Penny Wong says, calling for Tehran to return to negotiations.But while Wong has refused to say whether the communications facility at Pine Gap was used in the American bombing of three…