Iran directed antisemitic attacks in Australia, prime minister alleges - POLITICO
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Iran directed antisemitic attacks in Australia, prime minister alleges
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Iran's ambassador is being expelled.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney on Dec. 12, 2024. | Mark Baker/AP MELBOURNE,
Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and said the country is cutting off diplomatic relations with Iran.
Albanese said that Australian intelligence services had connected Iran to attacks on a Sydney restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue.
Shortly before the announcement, the Australian government told Iran's ambassador to Australia that he will be expelled. It also withdrew Australian diplomats posted in Iran to a third country, Albanese said.
There has been a steep rise in antisemitic events in the two cities since the Israel-Hamas war began in 2023.
"ASIO has gathered enough credible intelligence to reach a deeply disturbing conclusion. The Iranian government directed at least two of these attacks. Iran has sought to disguise its involvement but ASIO assesses it was behind the attacks," Albanese told reporters, referring to the main domestic spy agency.
Australia will legislate to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, Albanese said.
"These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil," Albanese said.
"They were attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in our community. It is totally unacceptable," he added.
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Good move. Iran is probably doing the same thing all around the world, or at least inciting antisemitism.
Wouldn't get to excited about Albo..he has followed Canada UK and France in recognising a Palestinian State...
Plus he is trying to get back into Netanyahu's good books after his blistering attack on him for doing so..
Hamas are wrapped..
Plus 10s of 1,000s are joining pro Palestinian demos all over the country at the moment... support for Israel is wanning fast...
The declared terrorist organization Hamas has won the propaganda war, which makes me believe that too much of humankind around the world are ignorant fools.
Morning...seems we have just kicked out the Iranian Ambassador here..
Hhhhmmm the timing is extremely suspicious..after Albos dust up with Israel and very conveniently it's announced the Iranian embassy were behind a couple of fires at Synagogues here..hence expulsion..
Israel also claimed it told Albo who was behind the attacks.. Albo has claimed the info came from ASIO..
Israel and Iran have actually agreed with each other we have a very "weak politician"...
ASIO and Albo couldn't organise a chook raffle..
I doubt that Israel and Iran agree on ANYTHING.
On this they do...
I am not in the habit of joining causes with wanted War Criminals, but Netanyahu is right about one thing: Australia's PM is indeed a 'weak politician'," Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.
I am not in the habit of joining causes with War Criminals either, but a President of a country that has to defend itself from Terrorists, no matter what it takes, is not in my opinion a War Criminal for doing so.
Iran has actually agreed with Israel on this point.. Albo is a weak politician as Netanyahu said last week..
Didn't expect anything else on Iran's opinion of Netanyahu, but they do agree on Albo...
Iran’s current government has been causing problems in several places around the world.
One example: they are the ones supplying the Houthis their weapons.
And the Houthies have just used the banned cluster bomb on Israel.
And they retaliated :
Israel strikes Yemen after Houthis fire new type of missile
Updated Aug 24, 2025
Israel struck Yemen’s Houthis on Sunday after the Iran-backed rebels fired a new type of missile at Israel.
The Israeli military said it struck a military site where the presidential palace is located, as well as two power plants and a fuel storage site.
More than 10 fighter jets participated in the strikes, according to an Israeli air force official, who said the furthest target was approximately 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from Israel.
IMO it wasn't enough.