TEHRAN – Iran and Australia held their first round of human rights talks in Canberra on August 24, ISNA reported on Saturday.

The Iranian team was headed by Zahra Pishgahi-Fard, the Foreign Ministry director general for human rights and women’s affairs. The Australian side was also led by Lachlan Strahan, the first assistant secretary of Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

National approaches to the issue of human rights and international mechanisms of human rights were discussed in the meeting, the news agency said.

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