Australia has accused Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of directing 2024 arson attacks on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis's Continental Kitchen in Sydney, alleging commanders used intermediaries to target premises in heavily Jewish neighbourhoods. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said intelligence indicates direct IRGC links. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated investigations involved cryptocurrency and encrypted messaging. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said some local people were paid to carry out attacks while Iranian diplomats posted to Australia were not involved. Iran rejected the claims, with its foreign affairs minister calling the allegations nonsensical and accusing Australia of seeking to appease Israel.
The Australian government has rubbished denials from Iran over accusations its military wing had directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, with the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, claiming evidence of direct links from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the arson attacks. It comes as Iran's ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi, was spotted leaving the Canberra embassy on Wednesday after becoming the first ambassador to be booted by the federal government since the second world war.
The Australian government alleged that 2024 arson attacks on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis's Continental Kitchen in Sydney were engineered by commanders in the IRGC, who, through a series of intermediaries, targeted the premises in heavily Jewish neighbourhoods. Mike Burgess, the director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, alleged that some local people in Australia were paid to carry out the attacks without identifying individuals. Iranian diplomats posted to Australia were not involved, Burgess said.
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