Iran warned Australia about Sydney attacker
Sydney hostage-taker Man Haron Monis had long been wanted by Iran for fraud.
![AUSTRALIA-SECURITY/ A policeman lays a floral tribute with thousands of others near the cafe where hostages were held for over 16-hours, in central Sydney December 16, 2014. Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed a number of hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which three people including the attacker were killed. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR4I5JB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR4I5JB.jpg/RTR4I5JB.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=Hyyced5w)
Man Haron Monis, the gunman behind the 16-hour hostage standoff in Sydney, Australia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals and himself, was well known to Iranian authorities. The self-styled "sheikh," who left Iran for Australia in 1996, had abused Australia’s political system to gain immunity from prosecution in Iran, where he was a wanted man.
According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham, “The psychological history and condition of this individual, who for more than two decades was a refugee in Australia, was repeatedly presented to Australian officials.”