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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/27/2020 
TAGS: PHUM PREL IR AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS 
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW 
 
REF: STATE 07242 
 
Classified By: Political/Economic Counselor Edgard Kagan, for 
reasons 1 .4 (b),(d) 
 
¶1. (C/NF) Australia shares U.S. views on the upcoming U.N. 
Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of 
Iran.  Sandra Vegting, a Director in the International 
Organizations Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and 
Trade, also confirmed that Australia supports U.S. 
recommendations that Iran take steps to address the host of 
issues listed in reftel.  While Vegting said the United 
States and Australia share a commonality views, she noted 
that Australia will not state specifically, "Australia agrees 
with the United States," during its official time.  Australia 
has not yet finalized the exact language for its points at 
the Iran UPR, but Vegting expected them to be very similar to 
the U.S. points. 
 
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