Distressing footage of a protester being slammed into the ground by a police officer outside the Iranian embassy has sparked an internal probe.
A video posted on social media shows Hamid Sotounzadeh being tackled to the ground and restrained by police in Canberra.
The first-person video shows a police officer and Sotounzadeh yelling at each other before the officer tells the protester to get back.
It then shows Sotounzadeh replying: “No, I am standing here; this is my right”, before he is tackled.
A subsequent video posted to Instagram shows Sotounzadeh in a hospital bed with a neck brace.
He then opens both his hands, with words written in pen: “I will be back next week” and “IRGG (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) terrorists.”…