The Pentagon welcomed Canberra’s plans to lift defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2033 but was not prepared to name Australia as a “model ally” alongside South Korea.
The Islamic Republic has long featured multiple and competing centres of power, often played off against each other by the supreme leader in a chaotic yet effective strategy of divide and rule.
New details emerged in a court filing made by prosecutors who want Cole Tomas Allen to remain in custody, charged with trying to kill US President Donald Trump.