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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia may also designate the IRGC as a ‘terrorist entity’.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Iran of directing no less than two anti-Semitic assaults in his nation and introduced plans to expel Iran’s ambassador to Canberra.
Talking to reporters within the Australian capital on Tuesday, Albanese described the assaults as makes an attempt to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in Australia.
“It’s completely unacceptable and the Australian authorities is taking robust and decisive motion,” he stated. “A short while in the past, we knowledgeable the Iranian ambassador to Australia that he will likely be expelled,” he stated.
The prime minister stated Australia has additionally suspended operations at its embassy within the Iranian capital, Tehran, and moved all of its diplomats to a 3rd nation.
“I may announce the federal government will legislate to record Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, as a terrorist organisation,” he added.
Australian Overseas Minister Penny Wong stated the Iranian ambassador, Ahmad Sadeghi, and three of his colleagues have been declared persona non grata and given seven days to depart the nation. She stated the transfer marked the primary time that Australia has expelled an envoy since World Struggle II and stated the nation has additionally withdrawn its envoy to Tehran.
Nonetheless, the Albanese authorities will preserve some diplomatic strains with Iran to advance Canberra’s pursuits, Wong stated, advising Australians within the Center Japanese nation to return residence. She additionally warned Australians contemplating touring to Iran to chorus from doing so.
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