Australia expels Iranian diplomats during recent anti -Semitic attacks

The Australian government says that it expels two Iranian diplomats after going to go that the Islamic Republic was behind at least two anti -Semitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.

Addressing journalists, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the main national spy agency in the country, Asio, had “gathered enough credible information to achieve a deeply disturbing conclusion”.

“The Iranian government has carried out at least two of these attacks,” said Albanese, referring to the recent attacks on a restaurant in Sydney and a synagogue in Melbourne. “Iran has sought to hide its involvement, but Asio assesses that it was behind the attacks.”

The Australian government informed Iranian ambassador to Australia shortly before Albanese’s announcement that they would be expelled. He also withdrew the Australian diplomats published in Iran in a third country.

Anti -Semitic attackers violently target the synagogue, Israeli restaurant in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at a press conference in Canberra on Monday, August 11, 2025. (Image Mick Tsikas / AAP via AP)

The anti -Semitic incidents in Melbourne and Sydney increased in a forced manner after the massacre of October 7, 2023 in Israel which sparked the current offensive in Israel in Gaza.

The Prime Minister also said that Australia was planning to designate the body of the Iranian Islamic Revolution as a terrorist organization.

A member of the Jewish community recovers a roll from the Torah of the Synagogue Adass Israel on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Asanka Ratnayake / Getty Images)

This decision comes after Australia announced earlier this month that it planned to recognize the Palestinian state in the United Nations General Assembly in September.

A general vision of the Iranian embassy in Canberra, Australia, Friday February 10, 2023. (Image Lukas Coch / AAP via AP)

The announcement sparked a scathing response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who accused Australia of betraying Israel.

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“History will remember Albanian for what it is: a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandon the Jews of Australia,” said Netanyahu.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.