Peta Credlin: Why Tehran’s man left with smug satisfaction of ‘mission accomplished’

The Albanese government might have expelled the Iranian ambassador but it’s still alienating the only liberal democracy in the Middle East, writes Peta Credlin.

The Albanese government might have finally expelled the Iranian ambassador, but it’s still given the Islamist regime what it wants – an increasingly hard line against Israel – despite Tehran’s proven sponsorship of terrorism here in Australia.

To the protesters demanding a “free Palestine from the river to the sea”, and also to the Albanese government, why is it always Israel that’s at fault – when the war would end instantly if Hamas released its hostages and recognised Israel’s right to exist behind secure borders?

Indeed, it seems that ASIO only started the investigation of local Iranian terrorism after a tip-off from Israeli intelligence.

Given the help that Australia has consistently had from Israel (including during the time of Islamic State), and the terrorism that we now know we’ve been subjected to from Iran, why is the Albanese government still pandering to Islamism by recognising a Palestine that doesn’t recognise Israel in any meaningful way?

Iran’s ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi waves and smiles as he leaves the Iranian Residence in Canberra.

Reportedly, Home Affairs wanted the government to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation two years ago – as did the federal Coalition.

But the government took no action then; nor did it expel the Iranian ambassador earlier for his repeated attacks on Israel as a “vile entity” that would soon “end”.

As Tehran’s man left, there was smug satisfaction from the ambassador, even a sense of “mission accomplished”. He congratulated Australia for “upholding the rights of the Palestinian nation against the occupation, apartheid and genocide by the illegitimate Israeli regime”.

The Albanese government might have expelled the Iranian ambassador but it’s still appeasing the Islamist regime and alienating the only liberal democracy in the Middle East.

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