In a bold diplomatic salvo, Canada has fiercely denounced the Iranian regime for slaying a Canadian national during its ruthless suppression of mass protests rocking the country for weeks. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke the news on X, calling for an urgent halt to the bloodshed.
Anand’s post laid bare the regime’s response to citizens’ calls for an end to oppression: utter disdain for life itself. “Canada condemns the Iranian regime’s violence and demands it stop immediately,” she asserted, though specifics on the victim or circumstances were withheld.
This comes amid a G7 foreign ministers’ communiqué from Ottawa, signaling readiness to impose further restrictive measures should Iran continue flouting global human rights norms by stifling protests.
The group expressed profound worry over mounting fatalities and casualties, condemning protester murders, targeted violence, random detentions, and terror tactics by enforcers. “These actions are intolerable,” the statement hammered home.
Tensions spiked as U.S. ex-President Trump warned of strikes if atrocities persist, citing briefings that killings would end. Tehran countered by rejecting claims of death warrants for protesters facing rumored hangings.
UN rights commissioner Volker Turk demanded an end to protester slayings, decrying their terrorist branding as justification for brutality. Hospitals overflow with injured, many children, under immense strain.
Estimates from watchdogs peg deaths above 2,500, obscured by media blackouts. Canada’s foreign ministry, noting 3,054 nationals in Iran, issued a stark evacuation plea.
Echoes of history linger with the 2003 death in custody of photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, an Iran-Canadian seized in Tehran, fueling calls for accountability and justice.