Australia gave Iran’s ambassador seven days notice to leave the country on Tuesday, accusing the diplomatic envoy of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in the state capitals of Sydney and Melbourne.

It is the first such expulsion issued by Canberra since World War Two.

AFP reports intelligence services reached the “deeply disturbing conclusion” that Iran directed at least two antisemitic attacks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Tehran was behind the torching of a kosher cafe in Sydney’s beachside Bondi suburb in October 2024, Albanese told a news conference.

It also directed a major arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December 2024, he said, citing the intelligence findings, the AFP report sets out.

Iranian ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi was

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