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Tehran, Iran – 26 August 2025
1. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei arriving for regular briefing
2. Cameras
3. Wide of briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman:
"This is a new development (Australia cutting off diplomatic relations with Iran). My colleagues are investigating the issue and our response. But the accusation made is completely rejected. Technically, the concept called antisemitism has no place in our culture, history or religion. This is a Western and European phenomenon."
5. Wide of briefing
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman:
"We have held talks with the three European countries and will continue to do so. We are focused on ensuring our national interests and preventing unnecessary costs for the country."
7. Pan of briefing
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman:
"One of the rights is in Chapter 4 of the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons), which discusses peaceful use of nuclear energy and peaceful usage includes enrichment. Whatever solution secures this right and interest, we will consider it."
9. Baghaei leaving briefing
STORYLINE:
The Iranian government on Tuesday denied allegations it had played a role in organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the accusations and said the country was cutting off diplomatic relations with Tehran in response.
"My colleagues are investigating the issue and our response, but the accusation made is completely rejected," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organization concluded the Iranian government had directed arson attacks on the Lewis Continental Kitchen, a kosher food company, in Sydney in October last year and on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December last year, Albanese said.
Australian authorities have previously said they suspect that foreign actors are paying local criminals-for-hire to carry out attacks in the country.
Police have already arrested at least one suspect in the Sydney cafe fire investigation and two suspects directly accused of torching the Melbourne synagogue.
Baghaei also confirmed Iran had held talks with Britain, France and Germany amid a fast-approaching deadline for the Europeans to reimpose sanctions on Iran by triggering the so-called snapback mechanism.
The spokesperson said Tehran was willing to consider any solution which protected its right to the enrichment of uranium for nuclear energy production.
The Europeans’ concern over the Iranian nuclear program, which had been enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels before the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June saw its atomic sites bombed, has only grown since Tehran cut off all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency in the conflict’s wake.
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