Australia’s sudden realism concerning a malign Iran cannot repair the harm it is doing to Israel and the West
The reluctance of Western governments to respond robustly to Iranian aggression ever since the Islamic revolutionary regime in Tehran came to power in 1979 has hugely increased the danger that this malign actor poses to the free world.
Not only has Iran committed countless acts of terrorism against Western interests and Jewish targets. The Islamic Republic has also created a network of jihadi sleeper cells in Western countries. It’s been involved in coordinating the pro-Hamas hate marches in Western cities ever since the Hamas-led atrocities in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
And it’s tried to murder Iranian dissidents and political figures in Britain and America, including plots to assassinate on American soil the former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton and the former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.