Category: Canada Iran

Zahra Kazemi’s Prosecutor Included in Canada’s New Iran Sanctions

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that Canada is adding more Iranian officials and entities to the sanctions list. The measures will mean 17 individuals and three entities are barred from entering Canada or doing business with most Canadian firms. These sanctions are targeted at Iranian officials who have committed or enabled human-rights violations…


Iran Flight Relatives Say Canada a Haven for Regime Officials

Relatives of those killed when Iran’s military shot down Flight PS752 in January 2020 say Canada has become a safe haven for regime officials. “Canada has become a safe haven for the criminals of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Hamed Esmaeilion testified Thursday afternoon to the House justice committee. Esmaeilion leads a group representing grieving…


Canada to Sanction 25 Iran Officials and Morality Police After Mahsa Amini Death

Canada is sanctioning 25 senior Iranian officials and nine government entities following a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says in a statement posted to Twitter that the sanctions are a result of Iran’s “grave and ongoing breaches of international law” and its “blatant disregard for human life. Thousands…


Canada, Allies File Notice of Claim Against Iran for Downing Flight PS752

OTTAWA—Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom say they have delivered a notice of claim against Iran over its shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. Foreign ministers from those four countries, who lost nationals and residents when the jetliner was shot down shortly after taking off from Tehran in January 2020, say in a…