Bishop Clinches Deal on Iranian Returnees

By Ochsbridge, UK correspondent Summer Rose Winslip-Harrow

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets Supreme Fashion Leader Ayatollah KhameneiAustralian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop met with Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei to conclude negotiations on the repatriation of Iranians refused refugee status. Iran’s right to develop peaceful nuclear power was acknowledged by the Foreign Minister.

A formal, bi-partisan treaty is to be drawn up with specific details. It is understood that Iran will initially accept and guarantee the safety of 2000 returnees; in return for Iran building a 1.4GWe nuclear power plant with mosque in Whyalla, South Australia.

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