Australia accuses Iran of directing anti -Semitic attacks, says that Iran’s ambassador will be expelled

London – Australian officials said Tuesday that they would expel the Iran Ambassador after accusing Tehran of directing antisemy attacks in Sydney and Melbourne last year.

Australia’s intelligence agency, Asio, said he determined that Iran was behind the attacks against Lewis continental cuisine on Sydney on October 20 and the Israel Atass synagogue in Melbourne on December 6, according to government officials.

“These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday during a press conference in Canberra, according to an official transcription.

In a statement, he said that intelligence officers had “discovered and deactivated” links between attacks and commanders in the body of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran, accusing the Iranian army of using a “complex network of representatives” to hide their participation in the attacks in Australia.

Australia legislators will seek to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization, said Albanese.

“Asio now evaluates the Iranian government directed at least two and probably more attacks against Jewish interests in Australia,” said Security Director Mike Burgess A statement.

The operations at the Australian embassy in Tehran were suspended, Albanese said, added that Australian diplomats left the country. Iranian diplomatic staff in Australia was not involved in the direction of attacks, Burges said.

Australia’s Foreign Minister, Peggy Wong, said that alleged acts of aggression of Iran had “crossed a line.”

“This is the first time in the postwar period that Australia has expelled an ambassador,” Wong said. “And we have made this decision because Iran’s actions are completely unacceptable.”