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Viewing cable 09CANBERRA565, AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09CANBERRA565 2009-06-16 07:20 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Canberra
VZCZCXRO9535
PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK RUEHTRO
DE RUEHBY #0565 1670720
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 160720Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1637
INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHBN/AMCONSUL MELBOURNE PRIORITY 6428
RUEHPT/AMCONSUL PERTH PRIORITY 4692
RUEHDN/AMCONSUL SYDNEY PRIORITY 4660
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2018
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0390
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0817
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000565 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA/IR ERICA THIBAULT, NEA, S/SAGSWA, AND P 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT 
ROBERT LEVINSON 
 
REF: STATE 49083 
 
ΒΆ1. (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, 
to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release 
of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances 
Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text 
 
Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the 
Government for its assistance in relation to Ms Roxana 
Saberi. Mr Smith has asked me to reply to you on his behalf. 
 
The Australian Government was pleased to be able offer 
assistance in the case of Ms Saberi. The decision of the 
Iranian Revolutionary Court to reduce her sentence and to 
allow her to leave Iran was no doubt an enormous relief to Ms 
Saberi and her family. 
 
In relation to the other two cases you mention, Australia's 
former Ambassador to Iran, Mr Greg Moriarty, raised the case 
of Mr Levinson with relevant Iranian ministries. Iranian 
officials advised they had no information relating to Mr 
Levinson's whereabouts. 
 
The Government will continue to take appropriate 
opportunities to raise Mr Levinson's case, as well as the 
case of Ms Momeni, with the Government of Iran. End text. 
 
CLUNE