Australians warned that Iran attack increases risk of ‘further escalation’ and flight cancellations in region

Department of foreign affairs alerts travellers to ‘extremely volatile’ situation

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Australia’s department of foreign affairs has warned of the risk of “reprisal attacks and further escalation” across the Middle East after Israel and the US launched an attack on Iran on Saturday.

Shortly after the attacks began, Dfat updated its “Smartraveller” website’s entry on Iran, confirming that “there have been air strikes on Iran, including in Tehran and other locations”.

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