Overview

• ASIO says the IRGC directed the attacks through a “complex web of proxies” and is likely behind further incidents under investigation.
• Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three Iranian officials were declared persona non grata and ordered to leave within seven days.
• Canberra suspended operations at its embassy in Tehran, relocated staff to third countries, and withdrew its own ambassador.
• The targeted sites were Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney and Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue, which suffered major damage; no injuries were reported.
• The government will legislate to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, while ASIO and the AFP continue inquiries and stress that Iranian diplomats in Australia were not involved.