Overview

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ASIO concluded Tehran directed at least two incidents, naming Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney and the Addas Israel synagogue in Melbourne.
• Foreign Minister Penny Wong declared Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi persona non grata in what she said is Australia’s first ambassador expulsion since World War II, and three other Iranian-linked individuals were also ordered to leave within seven days.
• Operations at Australia’s embassy in Tehran have been suspended and diplomats were moved to a third country, with some channels to Iranian authorities kept open.
• The government will introduce legislation to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization after a probe found it hid its role through a complex network of intermediaries.
• Officials reported no physical injuries in the attacks but warned of rising antisemitism and harm to community cohesion, and Iran had not publicly responded at the time of the announcements.