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Australia Expels Iranian Ambassador After ASIO Finds Tehran Directed Antisemitic Attacks

Intelligence traced the 2024 arson plots to the IRGC using proxy networks, prompting embassy closures and a move to list the Guard as a terrorist group.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on August 26, 2025.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media after he visited the damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 10, 2024. An arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne forced congregants to flee as flames engulfed the building. Albanese condemned the incident as an antisemitic act, emphasizing that such violence at a place of worship is unacceptable in Australia and labelling the event an act of terrorism. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • ASIO assessed that Iran directed arson attacks on Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney on Oct. 20, 2024, and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Dec. 6, 2024.
  • Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other Iranian officials were ordered to leave within seven days, marking Australia’s first ambassador expulsion since World War II.
  • Canberra suspended operations at its embassy in Tehran, relocated Australian diplomats to third countries, and urged Australians in Iran to leave and not travel there.
  • Officials say the IRGC used a complex chain of overseas cut‑outs, including organized crime elements, to task Australians, and no Iranian diplomats in Australia were involved.
  • The government will legislate to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization, and ASIO continues to probe other incidents as Victoria Police have charged two men over the Melbourne attack, including a recent arrest last week.