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Source: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/response-iranian-attacks
Australia Expels Iranian Ambassador after Iran Found to Direct Local Antisemitic Attacks
(Prime Minister of Australia) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday: "Since the terrible events of October 7, 2023, we have witnessed a number of appalling antisemitic attacks against Australia's Jewish community.... Credible intelligence has now been gathered to reach the deeply disturbing conclusion that the Iranian Government has directed at least two of these attacks." "ASIO [the Australian Security Intelligence Organization] assesses it was behind the attacks on Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Sydney on Oct. 20, 2024, and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Dec. 6, 2024. ASIO assesses it is likely Iran directed further attacks as well." "These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil. This is an attack on our society, aimed at creating fear, stoking internal divisions and eroding social cohesion. These attacks on our society are totally unacceptable." "In response, we have informed the Iranian ambassador to Australia he and three additional Iranian diplomats will be expelled. We have suspended operations at our embassy in Tehran and all our diplomats are now safe in a third country. The Government will legislate so we can list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - the IRGC - as a terrorist organization."