Overview

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ASIO confirmed the Iranian government directed the attacks to sow discord within Australia.
• Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi was expelled in Australia’s first such move since World War II, with three other Iranian diplomats ordered to leave within seven days.
• Australia suspended operations at its Tehran embassy, relocated staff to a third country, and urged citizens to leave Iran and avoid travel there.
• ASIO chief Mike Burgess said the Revolutionary Guards concealed involvement through a complex network of proxies.
• Ministers outlined plans to tighten laws to enable listing the IRGC as a terrorist organisation after arson struck a Sydney kosher restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue without causing injuries.