Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday gave Iran’s ambassador to the country just seven days to leave the country over allegations the Iranian government was responsible for antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Albanese told reporters that Australia’s intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack on a cafe in Sydney that occurred last October, and to an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne in December.
Australia has already withdrawn its diplomats from Iran, including its capital of Tehran, and has given Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other officials one week to leave Australia, according to the BBC. Iran has denied the allegations.
Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) chief Mike Burgess said the investigation found links between the arson incidents and “commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).” The ambassador himself was not linked to the attacks.
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