Wong’s outreach to Iran revealed as she prepares to travel to Israel

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Senator Wong will travel to both Israel and the West Bank next week as part of a wider trip to the Middle East to help with the peace process, but she will not visit Iran. Mr Sadeghi said Iran would be “more than glad” if Senator Wong visited Tehran – the last visit by an Australian foreign minister was Julie Bishop in 2015 – adding Australia was a “positive influence” because it had good ties with many nations in the region. He revealed Senator Wong had spoken to Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in late October, asking Iran “to just...