Australia Slams Iran for Synagogue Arson, Boots Ambassador, and Tags IRGC as Terrorists

In a diplomatic thunderclap, Australia has shown Iran's ambassador the door and padlocked its Tehran embassy after unmasking the Iranian regime's hand in a vile anti-Semitic arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue and a kosher restaurant in Sydney. This isn't just a slap on the wrist, it's a full-on rebuke of Tehran's state-sponsored terror.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke bluntly in a national address, pinning the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and the Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Sydney's Bondi neighborhood squarely on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation," Albanese said. "They were attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in our community. It is totally unacceptable." You don't say, Mr. Prime Minister, when a foreign regime torches a house of worship, "unacceptable" is putting it mildly.

The Melbourne synagogue attack injured one person and gutted a historic Jewish institution, while the Sydney hit targeted a community hub. Mike Burgess, the no-nonsense chief of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO), laid it bare: "Credible intelligence" ties the IRGC to these attacks through a shadowy network of intermediaries and "cut-outs." His blunt assessment? "Iran and its proxies lit the matches and fanned the flames." That's a flamethrower with Tehran’s fingerprints all over it. 

Burgess didn't stop there, announcing Australia's long-overdue decision to designate the IRGC a terrorist organization, a move counterterrorism hawks have been begging for.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong delivered the diplomatic equivalent of a right hook, declaring Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi "persona non grata" and giving him and his embassy staff a week to pack their bags. “This is the first time in the post-war period that Australia has expelled an ambassador,” Wong noted. "And we have made this decision because Iran's actions are completely unacceptable." 

Understatement of the year, but the message is clear: Australia is not playing games. To underscore the gravity, Australian diplomats in Iran were quietly whisked to safety in a third country before the announcement.

This is a direct assault on Australian sovereignty by a regime that has made a global career out of exporting chaos. Iran's rap sheet grows longer by the day: terror plots in Europe, now state-sponsored anti-Semitism Down Under. The attacks have left Australia's Jewish community reeling, with synagogues and kosher businesses on high alert and security services scrambling to coordinate with Jewish leaders.

Tehran's reckless escalation, targeting Jewish institutions to sow fear and division, shows the regime's willingness to play dirty far beyond its borders. But Australia's response is a shot across the bow: mess with our communities, and you'll pay a price. As Albanese, Burgess, and Wong have made crystal clear, attacks on Jews or Israel’s allies will get you booted, branded, and shamed.

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