The implications of Australia severing ties with Iran are potentially serious. 

The Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi  has been given seven days to leave after ASIO identified Iran as being behind at least two of the anti-Semitic attacks seen in Australia since October 7, 2023. 

Dr Ali Mamouri speaks to us about the implications of the move by the Australian government and what the Iranians would gain if the claims by ASIO are true.

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• Dr Ali Mamouri is research fellow at Deakin University specialising in Middle Eastern studies and political Islam and author of this piece in The Conversation