Australia expels Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi over 'anti -Semitic attacks'; Ask to leave the country within seven days

Australia has expelled Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi after its domestic intelligence agency, the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (Asio), found “credible intelligence” that connects Iran to at least two anti -Semitic attacks on Australian land. Australia has given the Iranian ambassador and three other officials seven days to leave the country – the first such eviction of an ambassador since World War II, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said at a news conference. “Asio has collected enough credible intelligence to draw a deeply disturbing conclusion. The Iranian government directed at least two of these attacks. Iran tried to disguise his involvement, but Asio assessed it was behind the attacks,” Albanian told reporters, referring to the chief agency. Since the Israeli-Hamas war began in 2023, the anti-Semitic events in the two cities have had a sharp increase. Australia will be legal to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, Albanian said. “These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a strange nation on Australian ground,” Albanians said. ‘They were efforts to undermine social cohesion and sow in our community. It is completely unacceptable, ‘he added. (More details to follow …) (with input from agencies)