Canada further sanctions Iranian regime for gross violations of human rights
Canada further sanctions Iranian regime for gross violations of human rights
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. This is the ninth package of sanctions imposed by Canada against the Iranian regime since October 2022.
The new sanctions list 12 senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) who have participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Iran, including through the lethal suppression of demonstrations across Kurdish areas of Western Iran.
Why not other nations too that Canada does a lot of trade with, but are also grossly committing human rights atrocities?
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