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The statement, released by the US State Department says Iran must halt attempts to kill, kidnap, harass, intimidate or otherwise attack people on their collective soil now (file image).

New Zealand has condemned what it calls "lethal plotting" and other "malign actions" by Iran in Europe, North America and Australia.

In a joint statement with 21 other countries, New Zealand has condemned Iran's "attempts to kill, kidnap, harass, intimidate, or otherwise attack people".

The statement was released by the US State Department on behalf of the US, UK, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.