Australia on Tuesday expelled Iran’s ambassador after accusing Tehran of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the decision was taken in response to state-sponsored terrorism on Australian soil.

According to the statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, the attacks included an October 2024 firebombing of a kosher café in Bondi and a December 2024 arson attack at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne. Albanese described the incidents as “cowardly, antisemitic attacks planned and financed by the Iranian regime.” The ambassador was given seven days to leave the country, marking Australia’s first expulsion of an ambassador since the immediate post-World War II era.

Australian police and security agencies have

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