00:00What do you have to say to the Australian public?
00:20I love Australian people. I love Australian people.
00:25Do you believe that Iran are behind these attacks?
00:29Iran has sought to disguise its involvement through the use of criminal elements being paid here in Australia.
00:42ASIO assesses that apart from these two attacks, it is likely that there are more as well.
00:52We were briefed by ASIO yesterday. We went through our appropriate processes and ensured that the Australian diplomats,
01:05who are based in Tehran, were able to get safely to a third country before these revelations became public because of concern for their safety.
01:18And I confirm that that has occurred and we've suspended operations at the embassy in Tehran.
01:25This is the case that this is the most serious response that any Australian government has given.
01:33We don't expel an ambassador lightly because of the consequences of that, which aren't obviously all upside.
01:43But we do think that it is an appropriate response given the extraordinary behaviour and the direct link that they've been able to draw through a direct chain.
01:55We are all disgusted to learn of the serious and chilling foreign interference which has been perpetrated by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Australian soil.
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