Australia accuses Iran of directing anti-Semitic attacks, expels envoy

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia volition besides designate the IRGC arsenic a ‘terrorist entity’.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of directing astatine slightest 2 anti-Semitic attacks successful his state and announced plans to expel Iran’s ambassador to Canberra.

Speaking to reporters successful the Australian superior connected Tuesday, Albanese described the attacks arsenic attempts to undermine societal cohesion and sow discord successful Australia.

“It is wholly unacceptable and the Australian authorities is taking beardown and decisive action,” helium said. “A abbreviated clip ago, we informed the Iranian ambassador to Australia that helium volition beryllium expelled,” helium said.

The premier curate said Australia has besides suspended operations astatine its embassy successful the Iranian capital, Tehran, and moved each of its diplomats to a 3rd country.

“I tin besides denote the authorities volition legislate to database Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, arsenic a violent organisation,” helium added.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the Iranian ambassador, Ahmad Sadeghi, and 3 of his colleagues person been declared persona non grata and fixed 7 days to permission the country. She said the determination marked the archetypal clip that Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II and said the state has besides withdrawn its envoy to Tehran.

Still, the Albanese authorities volition support immoderate diplomatic lines with Iran to beforehand Canberra’s interests, Wong said, advising Australians successful the Middle Eastern state to instrumentality home. She besides warned Australians considering traveling to Iran to refrain from doing so.

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