Iranian refugee granted asylum after claiming he would be ‘killed’ in the Islamic nation flew there to get married – before ‘returning to Australia with 1.5kg of METH’ An Iranian asylum seeker granted refugee status in Australia could face life in prison after he was arrested at Sydney Airport allegedly trying to smuggle methamphetamine into the country. Vahid Reza Azadpour Saleh, 31, was given refugee protection under the former Labor government’s policy, after he claimed he would be killed if he returned to Iran.