US EditionAustralia accuses Iran of organizing antisemitic attacks and expels ambassador
Australia expelled Iran's ambassador and suspended embassy operations after intelligence linked Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to at least two antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and announced cutting diplomatic ties with Tehran.
- ASIO's investigation found Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps directed at least two antisemitic attacks using organized crime intermediaries to conceal its role.
- The attacks included fire damage to the Lewis Continental Kitchen in Bondi, Sydney on October 20 and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne on December 6; no injuries occurred, with suspects charged in the December attack.
- Australia declared Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other Iranian officials persona non grata, ordered them to leave within seven days, suspended Australian embassy operations in Tehran, and withdrew diplomats to a third country.
- Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Australia has seen a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents, prompting the first expulsion since World War II and reactions from Israel's embassy and NSW Premier Chris Minns.
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Australia expels Iranian ambassador over alleged antisemitic attacks
Australia has expelled Iran’s ambassador, accusing Tehran of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks on Jewish sites in Sydney and Melbourne. The move marks the first expulsion of a foreign ambassador by Canberra since World War II. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said intelligence services had reached the “deeply disturbing conclusion” that Iran was directly involved in two attacks: the October 2024 torching of a kosher café in Sydney’s Bondi s…
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