In response to Australia’s decision to expel Ahmad Sadeghi, Iran’s ambassador to Canberra, Esmail Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, completely rejected the allegations made about Iran’s role in anti-Semitic attacks in the country.
He emphasized that the concept of anti-Semitism has no place in Iranian culture, history, or religion, and considered it a Western and European phenomenon.
Mr. Baghaei described the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador and three other diplomats from that country, who were given seven days to leave Australia, as an “unjustified action” and warned that any irrational action in the diplomatic sphere would be met with a reciprocal response from Iran.
He added that Iranian authorities are reviewing the matter and deciding on the appropriate response.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman also stated that Australia’s decision may have been influenced by the country’s domestic issues, including widespread protests against what he called genocide in the occupied territories.
The reaction came after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claimed that the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization (ASIO) had obtained credible evidence of Iranian involvement in two anti-Semitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne last year.
Australia has also announced that it will designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and has suspended the activities of its embassy in Tehran.
