THE GUARDIAN: Iranian ambassador expelled from Canberra as Albanese government announces it will list IRGC as terrorist organisation
The Iranian government “lit the matches and fanned the flames” of antisemitism in Australia, directing at least two arson attacks in the last year – on a Melbourne synagogue and a Sydney Jewish restaurant – Australia’s spy chief has said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Tehran’s paramilitary defenders of the 1979 revolution, will be proscribed by Australia as a terrorist organisation.
As Australia’s prime minister announced his government had expelled the Iranian ambassador, on Tuesday local time, the head of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (Asio), Mike Burgess, said Tehran was “likely” behind even more antisemitic attacks across the country.
Iranian diplomats posted to Australia were not involved, Burgess said. » | Ben Doherty | Tuesday, August 25, 2025
