Foreign Minister Bob Carr said recently that the rising number of Iranian asylum seekers coming to Australia are economic migrants. The overall rate of asylum seekers has increased this year and Iranians have become the largest group of people arriving by boat, making up about one third of the total. For many, leaving Iran is not a choice. Western-...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that it is discussing the case of illegal Iranian immigrants who have lost their lives on the way to Australia with the governments in Canberra and Jakarta. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi described illegal immigration of the country's nationals to Australia ...