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2024-06-29 21:17
First Liberal MP calls on Justin Trudeau to step down
A backbench MP has become the first sitting member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party caucus to call on him to resign, after a disastrous by-election defeat, the BBC reported.
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2024-06-28 21:50
‘Unlawful’ and ‘politically motivated’: Iran denounces Canada's blacklisting of IRGC
TEHRAN - Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, has condemned Canada's designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist group" as "unlawful," "dangerous," and "politically motivated."
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2024-06-28 21:49
Over 340 polling stations receive ballots from Iranians outside the country
TEHRAN – Iranians around the world participated in the snap presidential election on Friday, casting their ballots at over 344 polling stations set up for overseas voters.
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2024-06-23 21:20
Iranian parliament condemns Canada's blacklisting of IRGC
TEHRAN – The Iranian Parliament has strongly condemned Canada's decision to label the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, expressing firm support for the IRGC and its crucial role in enhancing Iran’s regional and international standing.
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2024-06-22 00:23
Tensions rise to unprecedented levels as Canada blacklists IRGC
TEHRAN – Canada’s recent decision to designate a major branch of Iran’s military as a “terrorist organization” has been met with a strong rebuke from the Iranian side, which says it reserves the right to reciprocate with a "proper” response.
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2024-06-11 22:45
Canadian court finds Ukrainian airlines negligence caused downing of Flight PS752
TEHRAN – The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was negligent in its operation of Flight PS752 and is solely responsible for compensating the families of the victims killed when the flight was accidentally downed by Iran’s military.
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2024-04-14 17:56
Iran earn late win over Canada at 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage
TEHRAN – Mohammadhassan Sayari scored a two-pointer with just over a second remaining against Canada at 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage on Sunday at the 2024 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Repechage.
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2024-04-13 17:40
Iran lose to Netherlands at 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage
TEHRAN – Iran were defeated by the Netherlands 61-53 at the 2024 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Repechage on Saturday.
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2024-03-05 22:14
Palestinian Canadians sue Foreign Minister Joly over arms exports to Israel
Palestinian Canadians and human rights lawyers are suing Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly over exports of military equipment to Israel, which they argue violate Canada’s obligations under domestic and international law.
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2023-11-17 22:17
Western backers of Israel in no position to lecture on human rights: Iran
TEHRAN - The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has chastised Western nations for penning and supporting a UN resolution that is critical of Iran, asserting that they lacked the authority to advocate for human rights.
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2023-11-08 18:12
Islamic arts from Iran, other countries on show at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum
TEHRAN - Aga Khan Museum in Toronto has put on show an array of Muslim art that dates from the 9th to 19th centuries.
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2023-10-18 15:04
United Front needed to stop the Palestinian genocide
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2023-09-17 00:43
West not entitled to shed crocodile tears for Iranians: Foreign Ministry
TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry late on Friday said a small number of Western countries are not entitled to shed “crocodile tears” for the Iranian nation.
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2023-09-09 22:05
‘Historical shadow of slavery in Canada looms over modern politics’
TEHRAN- The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Friday that the scourge of slavery is still present in the Canadian government’s policy in several contemporary guises.
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2023-09-03 22:58
MKO members reportedly struggling to find shelter
Group planning to send high-ranking members to Canada and Germany
TEHRAN - As pressure from the Albanian government piles up, the Mujahedin-e-Khalq terror organization has decided to transfer its members to other countries, according to Tasnim.
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2023-08-12 22:00
Canadians! Have you heard anything about “Mohandesi” operation?
TEHRAN - A new report by the Tasnim news agency shows the terrorist Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) might be transferred to Canada from their current residence in Albania.
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2023-08-09 22:54
Canada slaps fresh sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN- Canada has slapped new sanctions on Iran, accusing it of destabilizing the region and backing Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, and also targeting the drone and aviation sectors of the nation.
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2023-07-23 18:35
Iranian vocalist Qorbani to stage concert in Canada
TEHRAN – Iranian traditional vocalist Alireza Qorbani will stage concerts in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Toronto in November.
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2023-07-12 18:07
Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli’s works on display in Vancouver gallery
TEHRAN –A collection of artworks by prominent Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli is currently on display in an exhibition in Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada.
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2023-07-10 21:32
Iran regrets political machinations over the 2020 Ukraine passenger plane incident
TEHRAN- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has chastised Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom for pursuing “political intentions" by referring the issue of a Ukrainian passenger plane disaster in January 2020 to the International Court of Justice, saying that the four had avoided dialogue with Tehran.
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2023-06-28 23:38
Tehran takes Canada to top UN court for breaching Iran’s state immunity
TEHRAN - Iran has launched legal proceedings at the UN’s top court against Canada for breaching the Islamic Republic’s state immunity by designating the country a sponsor of terrorism under “false and wrongful” allegations, Press TV reported.
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2023-06-25 21:31
Canada doesn’t cooperate in extraditing former banker: Iranian Judiciary spokesman
TEHRAN – The Iranian Judiciary is seeking to bring former banker Mahmoud Reza Khavari to the country but the Canadian government is not cooperating with Iran, Judiciary spokesman Masoud Setayeshi has said.
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2023-03-26 21:31
Iran urges France to avoid violence against peaceful protesters
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the French government to observe human rights and avoid violence against citizens who are peacefully protesting proposed pension reforms.
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2023-03-03 21:00
Iranian foundation holds conference on MEK role in genocide against Kurds
TEHRAN – An Iranian foundation focusing on studying the crimes of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has held a conference on the role of the group played on massacring Iraqi Kurds.
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2023-02-27 23:38
By Ali Karbalaei
“Institutional Islamophobia” in Canada
TEHRAN - New research has revealed how Canada is racially targeting its Muslim community with “institutional Islamophobia”.
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2023-01-29 22:28
By Sara Atta
Canada; mass grave of indigenous children
TEHRAN- The natives of Canada and the US have a painful past. This truth was revealed when the mass graves of hundreds of Indigenous children who died while attending boarding schools were discovered in Canada in the summer of 2021.
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2023-01-10 18:39
Canada imposes fresh sanctions against Iran
TEHRAN- In response to alleged abuses of human rights, the Canadian government slapped fresh sanctions on Iran on Monday, focusing on two people and three entities.
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2022-11-27 09:49
Canada's disturbing human rights record
TEHRAN- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attended a public hearing to defend his declaration of invoking the country’s emergency powers for the first time in the nation’s history to deal with protesters. Critics say the PM and the country have much to explain over Ottawa’s abysmal human rights record.
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2022-11-17 17:23
Iran calls UN human rights resolution ‘one-sided’ and ‘unrealistic’
TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday dismissed a Canadian-proposed resolution ratified by third committee of the UN General Assembly on the situation of human rights in Iran, condemning it as an example of exploiting human rights to advance political purposes.
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2022-10-14 17:46
Canada slaps fresh sanctions on certain Iranian figures, entities
TEHRAN- In a new move Canada on Thursday placed restrictions on certain Iranian figures and entities for alleged human rights breaches.