Australia accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks on cafe and synagogue

AUSTRALIA: Australia has given Iran’s ambassador seven days to leave the country after alleging the country’s government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.

Intelligence services linked Iran to an arson attack on a cafe in Sydney in October last year, and another on a synagogue in Melbourne in December, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a press conference on Tuesday.

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Albanese added the two incidents were “attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in our community”.

Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other officials have been ordered to leave Australia, which has withdrawn its own diplomats from Tehran. Iran has “absolutely rejected” the allegations.