How Leaders and Communities Responded to the Expulsion of Iran’s Ambassador

Opposition and premiers endorse decisive steps against Iran, but Jewish, Iranian diaspora groups, and the Greens say action was overdue.

A general view of the Iranian Embassy in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Lukas Coch/AAP Image

Revelations that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish sites in Australia has triggered strong reaction.

Leaders across party lines and civil society condemned the attacks and backed Canberra’s move to expel Iran’s ambassador and designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.