Australia Expels Iranian Ambassador in Historic First, Blames IRGC for Anti-Jewish Attacks
27th August 2025
Australia has on Tuesday expelled the Iranian ambassador from the country, which marks the first time it has booted a foreign ambassador of any nation in the post-World War II period. The government has blamed Iran and its intelligence apparatus for directing two antisemitic attacks against Australia’s Jewish community – especially a shocking firebomb attack on a Melbourne synagogue last December.
There was also a fire set at a kosher food business in Sydney in October, prior to the synagogue fire. The Adass Israel synagogue in southeast Melbourne, which is in a heavily Jewish area, was utterly destroyed by the fire.