Thousands stranded amid US - Iran conflict | ABC News Top Stories

abc.net.au · Mar 1, 2026 · Collected from GDELT

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The federal government estimates about 115,000 Australians are currently in the middle east amid the ongoing conflict.Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have all imposed at least partial airspace closures, and Australians are being urged to avoid the region.Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government needs to find out if commercial flights will resume before considering repatriations.US President Donald Trump says 48 Iranian leaders have been killed in air strikes as the conflict enters its third day.The US has confirmed three service members have been killed after Iran launched retaliatory strikes across the region following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali KhameneiAt least 10 people have been killed in strikes in Israel while Iranian officials say more than 150 people were killed in a strike on a girls school in the south of the country.Iranian Australians are calling for international support for a regime change in IranThe US-Israel led strikes, which international lawyers say were illegal, follow months of brutal government crackdown on protesters by Iran.Rana Dadpour from AUS-IRAN says international law is not the main concern for many Iranians, and that toplling the regime is the only way to stop what she calls a "massacre" of Iranian civilians.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a change of regime is a matter for the Iranian people.