Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will also designate the IRGC as a \u2018terrorist entity\u2019.<\/p>\n
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of directing at least two anti-Jewish attacks in his country and announced plans to expel Iran\u2019s ambassador to Canberra.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters in the Australian capital on Tuesday, Albanese described the attacks as attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is totally unacceptable, and the Australian government is taking strong and decisive action,\u201d he said. \u201cA short time ago, we informed the Iranian ambassador to Australia that he will be expelled.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prime minister said Australia has also suspended operations at its embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and moved all of its diplomats to a third country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can also announce the government will legislate to list Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, as a terrorist organisation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The attacks took place last year, at the Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney on October 10 and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 6, according to Australian officials.<\/p>\n
Penny Wong, the Australian foreign minister, said the Iranian ambassador, Ahmad Sadeghi, and three of his colleagues have been declared persona non grata and given seven days to leave the country. She said the move marked the first time that Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II and that the country has also withdrawn its envoy to Tehran.<\/p>\n
Still, the Albanese government will maintain some diplomatic lines with Iran to advance Canberra\u2019s interests, Wong said, advising Australians in the Middle Eastern country to return home. She also warned Australians considering travelling to Iran to refrain from doing so.<\/p>\n
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