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Speaker 1: Australian intelligence services say Iran was behind two anti Semitic

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Speaker 1: attacks on Australian soil. The attacks were on ADUs Israel

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Speaker 1: Synagogue in Melbourne and then Lewis Continental Kitchen and Bondi.

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Speaker 1: Both were allegedly arranged by Iran through intermediaries. The Iranian

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Speaker 1: ambassador has been expelled must leave Australia in the next week.

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Speaker 1: Charles Croutcher is Channel nine chief political editor with US

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Speaker 1: now H Charles Hey Heather. Have they explained how they

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Speaker 1: know it was a run?

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Speaker 2: No, they haven't because there are people that have been

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Speaker 2: arrested in this situation, so that we still investigations going

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Speaker 2: on and there will be the chance that these people

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Speaker 2: become prose prosecuted, which is unusual when it comes to

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Speaker 2: intelligence operations. But also this is an unusual situation. This

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Speaker 2: would be the first time since World War II that

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Speaker 2: Australia has been attacked at the behest of a foreign government.

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Speaker 2: It's certainly one of the first times we've expelled an

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Speaker 2: ambassador since World War II as well. So we are

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Speaker 2: in unusual circumstances here. But the government azo the Australian

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Speaker 2: Federal Police confident enough to make that announcement today, our

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Speaker 2: embassy in Iran has been evacuated. The ambassador over there

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Speaker 2: and any embassy staff have left the country, and that's

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Speaker 2: the expectation that Iran's ambassador will do so within a week.

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Speaker 1: Have they explained why Iran wanted to target Australia of

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Speaker 1: all places, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: They have the idea here is they say the motivation

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Speaker 2: is to cause a fracturing of the society in some

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Speaker 2: ways and also to isolate Jewish Australians here in particular.

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Speaker 2: As for why, of all the countries in the world,

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Speaker 2: we would be choosing to take Australia in our part

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Speaker 2: of the world, that's not clear.

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Speaker 1: Now. The Australian diplomats in Iran a ware.

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Speaker 2: A third country. They haven't said where they're evacuated to.

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Speaker 2: Given that area, I guess it's one of the other

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Speaker 2: Arab states that we do have better relations with, but

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Speaker 2: they won't say where they are at the moment. Only

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Speaker 2: they were told yesterday to get out, So it would

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Speaker 2: be a thing early Harry for twenty four hours to

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Speaker 2: clear out an embassy and get out of the country,

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Speaker 2: all while raising as little suspicion as possible throughout Tehran.

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Speaker 2: As this is going on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Charles listen. Thanks for talking us through to

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Speaker 1: appreciate it as Charles Croucher, Channel nine's chief political editor.

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