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Tess Ikonomou

Australian in Iran behind Jewish attacks on home soil

Australians overseas masterminded Jewish attacks on home soil, national spy chief Mike Burgess says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

An Australian living overseas and an ex-resident now in Iraq masterminded firebombings of a Jewish deli in Sydney and a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia's spy chief has revealed.

Spies found direct links between Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp and two people living offshore who directed the two attacks against Jewish Australians, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said.

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