Asio determined Iran directed at least two attacks on Australia's Jewish community, targeting Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Bondi, Sydney. The Asio director-general said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ordered the attacks and used a network of paid intermediaries and cut-outs operating in Australia. The government declared Iran's ambassador to Australia persona non grata and will suspend the Australian embassy in Tehran while relocating Australian diplomats from Iran to a third country. The IRGC will be listed as a terrorist organisation with new laws to be considered by parliament. Authorities are investigating other antisemitic incidents for possible Iranian involvement.
Iran directed at least two attacks against Australia's Jewish community, the domestic spy agency has determined, prompting the Albanese government to expel Tehran's ambassador to Canberra from Australia. The prime minister announced on Tuesday that the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (Asio) had credible intelligence to determine the Iranian government was behind the attacks against the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Bondi in Sydney.
The Asio director-general, Mike Burgess, said the attacks had been ordered by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [IRGC], working through a layer cake of cut-outs paid intermediaries acting in Australia. The IRCG will be listed as a terrorist organisation, with new laws set to be considered by federal parliament. Iran's ambassador to Australia, Ahmad Sadeghi, has been designated persona non grata by the Australian government and Australia's embassy in Tehran will suspend operations.
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