The Australian government has announced to expel the Iranian ambassador to Canberra, accusing the country of participating in anti -Semitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, August 26.
This is the first time in Australia since World War II. Canberra also suspended the activities of his embassy in Tehran and remembered his own ambassador.
At least two orchestrated attacks
The country’s intelligence services reached the “deeply disturbing conclusion” that at least two antisemy attacks were orchestrated at the end of 2024, said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, at a press conference.
Australian authorities have declared “Non Grata Person”, Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi, and gave him, as well as three other Iranian diplomats, seven days to leave the country, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
Despite the suspension of the activities of his embassy in Tehran, Australia does not intend to completely cease diplomatic relations with Iran, to defend the interests of his citizens, he assured Penny Wong.
But the minister said that Canberra’s ability to provide consular assistance now was “extremely limited.” Add: “I know that many Australians have family ties in Iran, but I urge all who plan to go there to not do it.”
A complex intermediaries network
Australia has had an embassy in Tehran since 1968. He has not recommended that her nationals go to Iran since 2020. Anthony Albanese said that Iran was the source of the fire of a Kosher coffee in the district of Bondi, near Sydney, in October 2024, and the synrael synagogue of Adass Israel in Melbourne in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 in December 2024 They face the intelligence conclusions of intelligence conclusions. Injuries had not been reported during these two fires.
The director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), Mike Burges, said that a “meticulous” investigation of intelligence services had brought at the end of ties between anti -Semitic attacks and revolution guards. He maintains that the ideological army of the Islamic Republic has used a complex network of intermediaries to hide its role. But the embassy and its diplomats would not be involved, according to the director of the Asio.
“We are very worried about having been attacked”
Australian services do not exclude that Iran are behind other antisemy attacks perpetrated in the country. At a press conference earlier this summer, Mike Burges had mentioned Iran as a country that would try to steal classified information. The Jewish community could find some consolation in the progress of this investigation, according to Daniel Aghion, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jews.
“However, we will remain very concerned about having been attacked in such a cruel and calculated way (…), simply for our identity,” he said. Australia will legislate to register the guards of the revolution in their list of terrorist organizations, according to Anthony Albanese.
A decision welcome by the Israel Embassy in Canberra. “This is a measure that we have recommended for a long time,” he reacted in a statement published on social networks. “The Iranian regime not only threatens the Jews or Israel, but also endangers everyone, including Australia. It is a strong and important measure,” he added.
Source: BFM TV
