Australia expels Iranian diplomats over recent antisemitic attacks

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The Australian authorities says it’s expelling two Iranian diplomats after alleging that the Islamic Republic was behind at the least two antisemitic assaults in Sydney and Melbourne.

Chatting with reporters, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the nation’s fundamental home spy company, ASIO, had “gathered sufficient credible intelligence to achieve a deeply disturbing conclusion.”

“The Iranian authorities directed at the least two of those assaults,” Albanese stated, referring to recent attacks on a Sydney restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue. “Iran has sought to disguise its involvement however ASIO assesses it was behind the assaults.”

The Australian authorities knowledgeable Iran’s ambassador to Australia shortly earlier than Albanese’s announcement that they’d be expelled. It additionally withdrew Australian diplomats posted in Iran to a 3rd nation.

ANTISEMITIC ATTACKERS VIOLENTLY TARGET SYNAGOGUE, ISRAELI RESTAURANT IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declares that Australia will acknowledge a Palestinian state at a press convention in Canberra, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Picture by way of AP)

Antisemitic incidents in each Melbourne and Sydney rose steeply following the Oct. 7, 2023 bloodbath in Israel that triggered Israel’s ongoing offensive on Gaza.

The prime minister additionally stated Australia plans to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.

A member of the Jewish group recovers a Torah scroll from the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Photos)

The transfer comes after Australia announced earlier this month that it plans to acknowledge Palestinian statehood on the United Nations Basic Meeting in September.