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Proud rallygoer detained by police at Flinders Street station while showing pride in freedom after escaping Iran.
AVI YEMINI | MARCH 07, 2026
Amid jubilant scenes in Melbourne's CBD, where thousands of Iranians gathered to protest, one man shared a shocking tale of police overreach with Rebel News Australia chief reporter Avi Yemini.
The Iranian-Aussie, draped in the Australian flag, was marking the liberation of his homeland from 47 years of Islamic oppression. "This flag for me means freedom, bro," he told me. But he said Victoria Police arrested him at Flinders Street station simply for waving it near a pro-Palestine rally, where anti-Australian agitators were shutting down streets.
AVI YEMINI | MARCH 07, 2026
Amid jubilant scenes in Melbourne's CBD, where thousands of Iranians gathered to protest, one man shared a shocking tale of police overreach with Rebel News Australia chief reporter Avi Yemini.
The Iranian-Aussie, draped in the Australian flag, was marking the liberation of his homeland from 47 years of Islamic oppression. "This flag for me means freedom, bro," he told me. But he said Victoria Police arrested him at Flinders Street station simply for waving it near a pro-Palestine rally, where anti-Australian agitators were shutting down streets.