Mark Levy has intensified his criticism of Mayor Ned Mannoun for allowing a council-owned hall to host a vigil for the deceased Ayatollah, arguing that shielding such events under the guise of “free speech” is an insult to the Iranian-Australians who fled the regime’s brutality for a safer life.

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