Canberra, Nov. 27 -- Australia on Thursday officially listed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism, over attacks on the Jewish community in the country.

The decision follows assessments by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), which found that the IRGC orchestrated two attacks targeting Jewish Australians, the bombing at Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Sydney in October 2024 and the attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December the same year.

The Albanese government said the attacks were "cowardly" attempts to sow division in Australia's multicultural society.

The move comes after Parliament passed the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2...