By Poppy Clark on Stuff…
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has hit back at Iran following the Australian announcement that it directed at least two attacks against the Jewish community in Melbourne and Sydney.
Peters said on Tuesday that New Zealand “unequivocally condemns Iran’s actions, including through proxies, in Gaza, the Red Sea and around the Middle East and the world”.
“State-sponsored attacks designed to sow discord are completely unacceptable.”
Peters said he had asked MFAT officials to convey concerns ‘urgently’ and ‘directly’ to the Iranian Ambassador in Wellington.
t comes as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the Iranian government directed at least two attacks against the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and the Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
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