Australia expels the Iranian ambassador to anti -Semitic attacks star-news.press/wp

Australia gave the Iranian ambassador to seven days to leave the country after the country’s government claimed anti -Semitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.

Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz said at a press conference on Tuesday that intelligence services linked Iran with a deliberate attack on a café in Sydney in October last year, and another in a synagogue in Melbourne in December.

Albaniz added that the two incidents are “attempts to undermine social cohesion and the contrary to grow in our society.”

Ambassador Ahmed Sadigi and three other officials were ordered to leave Australia, which withdrew diplomats from Tehran. Iran has not yet attached.

Australian Security Organization, Australian Security Organization (ASIO), said that Iran “has sought to hide its involvement” in the attack on the Luis Continental kitchen in Sydney on October 20, and the Israel of Israel on December 6.

“They only use scraps, including criminals and organized crime members to provide their bids or tenders,” Mr. Burgis told reporters.

Intelligence services also found that Iran is likely to be behind other anti -Semitic incidents in Australia, which witnessed attacks on Jewish schools, homes, vehicles and Jewish temples since October 7, 2023 on Israel by Hamas, Iran’s ally, and the war that followed in Gaza.

In the same time period, the civil society group also recorded an increase in Islamic incidents.

Police indicated for the first time They were looking at the possibility that attacks on the property associated with Judaism would be directed by “representatives or individuals abroad” Again in January.

Albaniz said that the results revealed on Tuesday were “very disturbing”, describing the two events as “unusual and dangerous aggressive actions.”

In the second incident, a number of worshipers were forced to flee while the fire was controlling the synagogue, which was built by the Holocaust survivors in the 1960s.

Foreign Minister Benny Wong said it’s the first time since World War II that Australia expelled an ambassador.

Wong said that Australia will continue to maintain some diplomatic lines with Tehran, but suspended operations at its embassy in Iran for the safety of employees.

It also urged the Australians not to travel to Iran and called on any citizens in the country to leave now if it is safe to do so.

Albaniz said that his government will also help the Iranian Islamic Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

The Israeli embassy in Canberra welcomed the moves against Iran, which Israel fought a 12 -day war in June.

He said in a statement on X.