Alison Battisson

My client kicked away one of the guns during the Bondi massacre, potentially stopping more deaths. He faces removal to Nauru at any moment. Myself, his partner and children call on the Government to let him stay. His fate is in the hands of @Tony_Burke abc.net.au/news/2026-03-1…

@owenjonesjourno abc.net.au/news/2026-03-1…

Oh, wow. It wasn't just a Syrian-Australian who tried to stop the Bondi Beach attack. An asylum seeker did, too. The police shot at him - and members of the public attacked him. When the police dragged him to the ground, someone kicked his head.

@TraceyLeeHolmes @PahlaviComms While this is great news unless @PahlaviComms has permission to use their names and photos he really shouldn’t. It just increases risk.

The five women of the Iran women’s team who earlier this evening left their team hotel, reporting to police their desire not to return to Iran, have been celebrated by Prince Pahlavi via @PahlaviComms #iran #afc #woso #asiancup #asylum

The @nytimes has compiled an incredibly detailed and comprehensive account of the massacre committed in Iran, by direct order of Supreme Leader Khamenei. It was so graphic and so harrowing that I was unable to read to the end. If you know someone downplaying what happened or peddling conspiracies please show them this. @farnazfassihi nytimes.com/2026/01/25/wor…

An Iranian-Persian nationalist claims that Reza Pahlavi is supported by Kurdish political parties. This is false. Kurdistan rejects any transition of power that would reproduce another Persian-supremacist system. #IranRevolution2026

Iraqi Shi'a 'popular mobilisation forces' and an Afghan division trained by Iran to fight in Syria, respectively. An overlooked aspect of the Islamic Republic's Axis of Resistance strategy thus far has been the role these proxies could play in securing the Iranian regime itself from domestic 'threats' inside the country (ie. training foreign proxies to defend the regime from the democratic aspirations of its own people)

@MichaelWestBiz @KMooreGilbert @MichaelWestBiz - @KMooreGilbert was wrongfully convicted on made up charges.

@KMooreGilbert not appropriate to disclose that you were arrested and convicted of spying (for Israel?) when you were in Iran?

When the long-despicable Roger Waters came out in support of Woman Life Freedom 3 years ago I cautioned those celebrating this as another celebrity endorsement. Roger Waters is no friend of the Iranian people. Surprise surprise, he has since backflipped back onto the side of the regime (a more fitting ideological home no doubt)

My interview yesterday with @abcnews The World Today abc.net.au/listen/program…

Iranian regime officials have themselves acknowledged a death toll of 3000 protesters. There are credible estimates based on high ranking sources within the regime and the photos, videos and testimony which has made it through the communications blockade that 12,000 are dead. So why is the Australian media still reporting a figure of 500? What has happened in Iran in the past few days has every hallmark of a massacre not seen since the 1979 revolution. It is crimes against humanity. When the regime allows its own media orgs to broadcast from morgues and tells the NYT 3000 are dead we should believe them (then multiple that many times over). This is a critical time in Iran's history. The mainstream media has a responsibility to cover it. And they have a responsibility to get it right.

If we silence voices we don’t agree with, we’re doing the work of extremists for them | Peter Greste theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Shocked by reports of violence & excessive use of force by the Iranian authorities against protesters resulting in deaths & injuries in recent days. The rights to freedom of expression, association & peaceful assembly must be fully respected & protected. I urge the Iranian authorities to exercise maximum restraint & refrain from unnecessary or disproportionate use of force. I also urge steps that enable access to information in the country, including restoring communications.

Australia, Canada & the EU condemn the killing of protesters, the use of violence, arbitrary arrests and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime. We commend the bravery of the Iranian people and call on Iran to end the use of excessive and lethal force. foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny…

The situation in Iran has now gone into unprecedented territory. As a Bahá’í myself. the memories of parents of Bahá’í friends & family being taken away, shot and dumped into a ditch, are still vivid. Just for having beliefs that were different from the ruling radical Islamic clerics in charge. Regime officials charging families of the dead exorbitant amounts to release the bodies - with invoices that included money charged for the bullets used to kill their loved ones - was par for the course. The regime is now doing the same to their own citizens - of all backgrounds and beliefs. They do this every time the people rise up. That’s how power is maintained. When you hear “this time it’s different” you may ask what has happened to the people of Iran where they feel they have nothing to lose now? What has happened that they feel that it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees? The answer to that question is why I don’t see any let up in the people taking the streets in Iran for the 14th night in a row. Despite what the BBC article below is (we think correctly) reporting. “BBC Persian has verified that 70 bodies were brought to Poursina Hospital in Rasht city on Friday night. The morgue there was at full capacity, so the bodies were taken away. The authorities asked the relatives of the dead for 7 billion rials (£5,222; $7,000) to release them for burial, a hospital source said.” #IranianRevolution2026 bbc.com/news/articles/…

More news direct from Soheila Hejab in prison: The prosecutor of Karaj and the supervising judge of Kachui prison came to inspect the female prisoners. They told Soheila, someone who has been in and out of prison since 2018 for her anti-regime activism, that this time they will be sentencing her to death, and that they are waiting to see her corpse.

Message from Soheila Hejab, a Kurdish-Iranian political prisoner arrested for protesting last week and currently held in Kachui prison, Karaj: “To those who ask about me, tell them that I am not important. Tell the world that in this prison there are a large number of young girls— ten and twelve years old, possibly around one hundred of them—who have been arrested, and they cannot endure this place of torture. They are not even allowed to inform their families" (of their arrest)

They’re still going strong. Black outs, no internet, shot at and killed. The people, seemingly indefatigable and unstoppable, are totally clear about what they want. They have one sole aim - with or without foreign intervention - of ending this regime for good. Some outside the country, sitting comfortably at home, are telling us online what they think the people of Iran want and need. And I can tell you it is totally at odds with the wishes of the people. As an Iranian, I am intensely invested in this unfolding story of incredible heroism. For 12 days straight I’m seeing the same thing on the streets. They’re not calling for the Communists. They’re not calling for the MEK. They’re not even calling to be saved. They’re chanting “Pahlavi bar migardeh” (Pahlavi will return). It’s not controversial. It’s undeniable. When they say “listen to the people”, this is it. #IranianRevolution2026

Watched, scared and trapped in an Australian visa nightmare, Kiran is one of India’s ‘abandoned brides’ This is a significant and increasing problem. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Having appeared before and met Virginia Bell AC, there is no question for me that she will head a Royal Commission that is thorough, vigorous and fair. She will have terms of reference she must work within and bring the same respect to the position of Royal Commissioner as she did as a member of the High Court. #Auspol2026