The son of Iran’s former ambassador to Australia posted an antisemitic message on X/Twitter just hours before the attack on the Jewish gathering in Sydney on Sunday.
In the post, Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh, the son of ex-envoy Mohammad-Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh, labeled Hanukkah celebrations as a “platform for satanic rituals of Masonic circles” and called for “defense.”
Citing statements by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Abyaneh wrote that “spiritual defense” during Hanukkah ceremonies is “necessary.”
“Starting from tomorrow, from 23 to 30 Azar (8 days), the Jewish Hanukkah celebrations will begin as a platform for holding satanic rituals by Masonic circles, the individual, familial, and social harmful effects of which will become apparent in faith-based communities,” he added.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fa" dir="rtl">از فردا ۲۳ تا ۳۰ آذر (۸ روز) جشنهای یهودی حنوکا به عنوان بستر برگزاری مناسک شیطانی محافل ماسونی، آغاز میگردد که آثار سوء فردی، خانوادگی و اجتماعی آن بر جوامع ایمانی پدیدار خواهد شد.<br>دفاع معنوی در این ایام با عمل به قرائت سوره و ادعیه مورد تاکید رهبر انقلاب، ضرورتی مضاعف دارد. <a href="https://t.co/UZQEvVwJmZ">pic.twitter.com/UZQEvVwJmZ</a></p>— احمد قدیری (@GhadiriNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/GhadiriNetwork/status/1999972058445533621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
“Spiritual defense during these days, through reciting the Surah and supplications emphasized by the Leader of the Revolution, has an added necessity.”
IRGC backs foreign terror plots
In August, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and law enforcement officials alleged that the Islamic Republic was the mastermind behind at least two major antisemitic arson attacks in Australia and was likely responsible for more incidents among a wave of anti-Jewish episodes in the country since the October 7 massacre. Albanese further declared that, as a consequence, the Iranian ambassador would be expelled and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would be designated as a terrorist organization.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation had gathered enough intelligence to determine that the Islamic regime had directed the December 6, 2024, Adass Israel synagogue arson attack in Melbourne and the October 20, 2024, Lewis’ Continental Kitchen arson attack in Sydney.
“These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil,” said Albanese. “They were attempts to undermine social cohesion and sow discord in our community.”
Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.