Support for US-Israel Strikes
Albanese swiftly endorsed the US and Israeli strikes on Iran following attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites, citing intelligence that Iran had orchestrated attacks on Australian Jewish sites in 2024, including the firebombing of a synagogue in Melbourne. Australia also expelled Iranโs ambassador and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism. Albanese stressed that the strikes aimed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and to protect global peace and security.