[Global Times Report Reporter Xian Yifan] Australia Prime Minister Albanese said on the 26th that Iran is suspected of planning anti-Semitic attacks in its territory. In response to Iran's "terrorist" acts, the Iranian ambassador to Australia will be expelled and will need to leave the country within 7 days. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry responded that the accusations made by Australia against Iran were completely false.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the expelled people include Iran's ambassador to Australia, Ahmed Sadji, and three diplomats. The Australian embassy in Tehran has now stopped working, and Australia has asked its citizens still in Iran to leave as soon as possible. At the same time, Australia will also push Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be added to the "list of terrorist organizations" through legal procedures. ABC said this is the first time since the Second World War that Australia has announced the expulsion of a foreign ambassador.
According to the Iraqi News Agency, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei stressed that misconduct at the diplomatic level will inevitably trigger a response, and relevant Iranian departments are currently studying countermeasures. Bagae said that Australia's decision stems from the domestic situation rather than its relationship with Iran. Recently, the world has witnessed the Australian people actively participating in demonstrations and condemning Israel's "racist" extermination in Palestine. Australia's decision this time seems to be motivated by a "compensatory mentality". Bagae also criticized: "The phenomenon of persecuting Jews because of religious beliefs is rooted in the West, and the West should be responsible for its own historical problems that have continued to this day, instead of shirking responsibility by blaming Iran".
Australia's Sydney Morning Herald reported that Burgess, director of the Australian Security Intelligence Agency, was present at the press conference with the Australian Prime Minister. Burgess said that the Australian side determined that the attacks on Jewish restaurants in Sydney and the attacks on synagogues in Melbourne in October and December last year were closely related to Iran, and the Iranian IRGC tried to cover up its participation in the attacks through a "complex network of agents". "We have investigated dozens of incidents, and the Iranian government has led at least two attacks, and may launch more attacks against Jewish groups in Australia," Burgess said.