Overview

• Canberra declared Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi persona non grata and ordered three other Iranian diplomats to leave within seven days, a step officials say is the first since World War II.
• Australia shut its embassy in Tehran, moved staff to a third country, and urged citizens to leave Iran or avoid travel.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ASIO concluded the Iranian government orchestrated attacks on Australia’s Jewish community.
• ASIO chief Mike Burgess said the IRGC used a network of proxies to conceal its role, while noting no Iranian diplomats in Australia were involved.
• The cited incidents include arson at Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney and the Adass-Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, which caused major damage without reported injuries, and the government is moving to enable listing the IRGC as a terrorist organization.