Overview

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Iran directed at least two attacks: the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney.
• Australia closed its embassy in Tehran and moved its diplomats to third countries.
• Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Iranian officials have seven days to leave, describing the expulsion as the first since World War II.
• ASIO chief Mike Burgess said investigators linked the alleged crimes to IRGC commanders and assessed that more attacks were likely directed by Iran.
• The government will introduce legislation to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation under a new criminal-code regime and framed the attacks as attempts to fracture social cohesion driven by antisemitism.