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Source: https://jcfa.org/did-the-iranian-regime-play-a-role-in-australias-chanukah-massacre/
Did the Iranian Regime Play a Role in Australia's Hanukkah Massacre?
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Dr. Dan Diker - Hours before the Bondi Beach attack, Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh - the son of Mohammad-Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh, a former Iranian ambassador to Australia - posted a cryptic message on X condemning Jewish Hanukkah celebrations as a "satanic ritual." His post framed Jewish religious observance as a threat requiring "societal defense," citing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's doctrine of "mobilized civil resistance" against perceived enemies of Islam. This echoed the Iranian regime's systematic use of religious language to legitimize violence against Jewish and Western targets. The cumulative evidence surrounding the Bondi Beach massacre strongly suggests a conducive environment shaped by Iranian ideology. The attack should be understood as part of a global campaign of intimidation linked to state-sponsored extremist doctrine. The writer is President of the Jerusalem Center.