US EditionAustralia accuses Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks and expels ambassador
Australia expelled Iran's ambassador following intelligence linking Tehran to antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be designated a terrorist organization.
- On August 26, 2025, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia would expel Ahmad Sadeghi, Iran's ambassador, after ASIO found Tehran directed at least two antisemitic attacks and suspended its Tehran embassy operations.
- ASIO's investigation found links between the attacks on Lewis Continental Kitchen, Bondi on Oct. 20 and Adass Israel Synagogue, Melbourne on Dec. 6 to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Police and prosecutors said no one was injured but the attacks caused extensive damage and fear, with Giovanni Laulu and Sayed Mohammed Moosawi charged, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling them `extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil`.
- Australia responded by severing diplomatic ties, declaring Ahmad Sadeghi persona non grata and ordering him and three other Iranian diplomatic officials to leave within seven days; it also suspended Australian embassy operations in Tehran and will list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
- Iran's government denied the accusations and warned of reciprocal actions, with Esmaeil Baqaei stating the diplomatic move targets Australia's Israel criticism; reactions ranged from Israel's embassy in Canberra welcoming the move to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling Albanese 'a weak politician who had betrayed Israel.
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Australia expels Iranian ambassador over allegations country was responsible for antisemitic attacks
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters that Australia's intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack on a cafe in Sydney that occurred last October, and to an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne in December.
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