Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Ahmad Sadeghi, Iran's ambassador to Australia, offered praise Thursday despite being ordered to leave due to alleged arson attacks by Iranian agents.
"I love the Australian nation," Sadeghi said as he arrived at Sydney Airport. "I had a very wonderful time."
Australia expelled Sadghi due to allegations that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind acts of anti-Semitic arson on Australian soil.
The first ambassador to be expelled from Australia since World War II, he was given a 72-hour deadline to leave.
"[The Australian Security Intelligence Organization] has now gathered enough intelligence to reach a deeply disturbing conclusion that the Iranian government directed at least two of these attacks," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday during a press conference.
