Canada-Iran

Vancouver resident Arman Abtahi can’t remember much about the tragic day he learned that his brother Mehran, a post-doctoral environmental engineer at the University of British Columbia, was killed in the downing of Ukraine Airlines…

Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Wednesday called on Tehran to settle a dispute over accountability and reparations for the downing of an airliner by Iranian forces nearly three years ago through arbitration under the rules of…

Canada on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing alleged human rights violations by their governments. The measures included sanctions against 33 current or former senior Russian officials and six entities…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “extremely concerned” over a report Canadian-made parts have been discovered in Iranian drones used by Russia in its war on Ukraine. Trudeau shared his worries with reporters in Ingersoll, Ont., Monday…

Canada has imposed additional sanctions on four Iranian individuals and five entities for their human rights violations, Global Affairs Canada said on Friday. This is Canada’s latest package of sanctions against the Iranian regime…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deleted a tweet Tuesday that falsely stated Iran had sentenced 15,000 protesters to death — a claim that has been widely circulating on social media in recent days. The inaccurate tweet was live on…

The House of Commons has adopted two motions declaring support for growing calls to remove Iran from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday. The motion, which was put forward by Conservative MP Melissa…

Canada is adding Iran’s national police force and an Iranian international university to its sanctions list as Tehran continues to crack down on weeks of dissent. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the addition of Iran’s…

Canada has permanently banned half the membership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from ever entering Canada, as protests sweep the nation following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini died last month while in…

The families of those killed when Iran‘s military shot down Flight 752 in January 2020 are demanding the Canadian government take a harder line against the regime. Iranian-Canadians gathered on Parliament Hill Tuesday to mark 1,000…