Sydney man jailed for five years over foreign-directed antisemitic attacks

A 32-year-old Sydney man has today received a maximum five-year prison sentence for masterminding a series of arson attacks and antisemitic vandalism incidents across the city in January 2025.

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Azerbaijan foils alleged Iranian plots targeting Jewish sites and oil pipeline

Azerbaijan’s State Security Service has announced it has thwarted multiple planned terrorist attacks and sabotage operations allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Among the primary targets were prominent Jewish sites: the Ashkenazi synagogue in Baku, a modern synagogue in Dilara Aliyeva Street serving the Ashkenazi and European Jewish communities. The Israeli embassy in the capital was also a reported target. Also allegedly targeted was a leader of the ancient Mountain Jews community, a historic Jewish group with centuries-old roots in the Caucasus region.

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Israel strikes Qom building as clerics meet to choose Khamenei successor

Israel has struck a building in Iran’s holy city of Qom where senior clerics from the Assembly of Experts were reportedly gathering to select a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on Saturday in joint US-Israeli strikes.

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More strikes aimed at Iran after supreme leader killed

Israel says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, as Iranians faced uncertainty after the killing of their supreme leader in US and Israeli attacks that threatened to destabilise the wider Middle East. Read more

Israel commends EU decision to declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group

The Council of the European Union has added the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran to the EU terrorist list. Read more

Israeli Air Force hits core of Iranian regime control in Tehran

Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck command centres and assets in Tehran tasked with holding the Iranian regime’s grip on power, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. Read more

AIJAC commends reimposed Iran sanctions

Australia has reimposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 19 Iranian individuals and 57 entities for their role in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Read more