2024 Iranian operations inside Australia
| Date | 20 October 2024 (Sydney) 6 December 2024 (Melbourne) |
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| Location | |
| Type | alleged state-sponsored terrorism (denied by the accused) |
| Target | Jewish Australians Jewish businesses and synagogues |
| Organised by | Sayed Moosawi (Pleaded not guilty)
Iran (evidence undisclosed) |
| Outcome |
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| Non-fatal injuries | 1 |
| Property damage | A$46 million (estimated) |
| Arrests | 9 |
| Accused |
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| Sayed Moosawi | |
| Known for |
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| Judicial status | Pleaded not guilty |
| Call sign | James Bond |
| Motive |
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| Details | |
| Locations | Sydney and Melbourne |
| Wayne Ogden | |
| Known for | Allegedly set the fires in Bondi. |
| Motive | Money |
| Details | |
| Location | Sydney |
| Part of a series on the |
| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
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In 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), at the direction of the Iranian government, organised and carried out at least two terrorist attacks within Australia. The first of the attacks occurred on 20 October 2024, when a group of arsonists led by Australian Sayid Moosawi conducted an attack on Lewis Continental Kitchen, a kosher restaurant in Sydney. The second attack took place on 6 December 2024, when another group of Australian arsonists firebombed the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, injuring one congregation member and dealing approximately A$45 million of property damage. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director Mike Burgess said he believes Iran was also responsible for more antisemitic attacks in the country.
On 26 August 2025, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the IRGC was responsible for the attacks. In the press conference, Albanese said he had expelled the Iranian ambassador and closed operations at the Australian embassy in Tehran. It marked the first time Australia had expelled an ambassador since World War II.