Canada closes Iran embassy, set to oust diplomats

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Canada closes Iran embassy, set to oust diplomats
By REUTERS AND JPOST.COM STAFF
08/09/2012
Citing nuclear program, hostility towards Israel, Canadian FM Baird calls Iran biggest threat to global peace; Netanyahu praises move.

Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Friday, denouncing Tehran as the biggest threat to global security.

Baird cited Iran's nuclear program, its hostility towards Israel and Iranian military assistance to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which is locked in a civil war with rebels.

"Canada views the government of Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today," Baird said in a statement, accusing Iran of showing blatant disregard for the safety of foreign diplomats.

"Under the circumstances, Canada can no longer maintain a diplomatic presence in Iran ... Diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran have been suspended," he said.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday welcomed Canada's decision to expel the Iranian ambassador from Ottawa and to close the Canadian embassy in Tehran.

"I congratulate Canada's PM [Stephen] Harper for showing leadership and making a bold move that sends a clear message to Iran and the world," Netanyahu stated.

"The determination shown by Canada is of great importance in order for the Iranians to understand that they cannot go on with their race toward nuclear arms. This practical step must set an example of international morality and responsibility to the international community," he said.

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Friday praised Canada's decision, calling it "an important moral declaration and a rejection of the extremist threats of the Iranian regime against the US, Israel and the West."

Expressing hope that other states would follow the Canadian decision with initiatives of their own, the Conference of Presidents thanked Canada's prime and foreign ministers.

Also responding to Ottawa's move was Canadian MP Irwin Cotler, who said it was "as important for the reasons underlying the decision, as the decision itself."

Cotler went on to call for additional steps to be taken against Tehran, including placing its Revolutionary Guards on the Canadian list of terrorist entities, legally holding the Iranian leadership to account for "incitement to genocide," and increasing sanctions against Iran's nuclear program and human rights violations.

Ottawa has long had poor relations with Iran.

The United States has not had a functioning embassy in Tehran since the hostage crisis of 1979. Britain's embassy in Tehran has been closed since it was stormed by protesters last November.

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Where are you uppity Canadians at?




On a side note Parti Québécois

 

[Techniec]

Harper can suck a dik and fuk the conservatives

 

[theworldismine13]

fuk canadians for even having an embassy over there to begin with

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

fuk canadiaans for even having an embassy over there to begin with

I know plenty of Iranian Canadians and they are good people. Its not their fault that their leadership sucks. U can't forsake a whole country of people because of a few.

 

[Techniec]

fuk canadians for even having an embassy over there to begin with

Another example of why you dont know shiit about anything outside your borders

Stick to obama articles ya fukin moron

 

[theworldismine13]

Another example of why you dont know shiit about anything outside your borders

Stick to obama articles ya fukin moron

its another example of me not giving a fuk about muslim interests, lol at you always on here tryna promote the islamic agenda, nobody gives a fuk about iran over her dummy

 

[zerozero]

Another example of why you dont know shiit about anything outside your borders

Stick to obama articles ya fukin moron

wait till he finds out about embassies in Cuba

 

[Techniec]

its another example of me not giving a fuk about muslim interests, lol at you always on here tryna promote the islamic agenda, nobody gives a fuk about iran over her dummy

Lol oh yes the islamic agenda, watch out we re coming for you

Are u this much of a puzzy in real life?

"the iranians are scary we shouldnt talk to them, hold me mommy"

The shiits disgusting

 

[theworldismine13]

Lol oh yes the islamic agenda, watch out we re coming for you

Are u this much of a puzzy in real life?

"the iranians are scary we shouldnt talk to them, hold me mommy"

The shiits disgusting

same here, i find your posts disgusting and irrelevant

 

[ChalkWhyte]

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Where are you uppity Canadians at?




On a side note Parti Québécois

fukk quebec first and foremost. well naw, fukk the ones who want out. that is some straight bullshyt. Theyre like whiney children who threaten to run away, they'd fukking die on their own.

Harper can suck a dik and fuk the conservatives

the only reason I havent murdered you is because of the UGK reference.

 

[theworldismine13]

wait till he finds out about embassies in Cuba

why would i care about about embassies in cuba?

 

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Harper can suck a dik and fuk the conservatives

Stop voting him into power every election.

It appears as though he speaks for the country since he holds office.

I know plenty of Iranian Canadians and they are good people. Its not their fault that their leadership sucks. U can't forsake a whole country of people because of a few.

Their leadership doesn't "suck", the customer service at Verizon "sucks".

Iran is a Shia Islamic Extremist State that operates as an instigator around the globe and breaks International Law. Remember that. Irans people are a victim of their own leaderships selfishness. The world should not appease terrorists states.

fukk quebec first and foremost. well naw, fukk the ones who want out. that is some straight bullshyt. Theyre like whiney children who threaten to run away, they'd fukking die on their own.
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Haha yeah I was a having a laugh with this Canadian girl about the French and she told me the party no longer existed.
This was around last summer, I was pretty shocked to see them actual come back into the fold.
I read an opinion piece that if the Quebec can't get more independence from Parliament they will use it as ground to secede.
Lol at the language laws btw I feel bad for you guys.

wait till he finds out about embassies in Cuba

Lets just avoid the article then

 

[TLOL is back]

lol @ how angry the terrorist supporters get when people take a stance against terrorism.

 

[Techniec]

same here, i find your posts disgusting and irrelevant

You still aint shiit faccot and are inferior in every capacity

 

[Techniec]

fukk quebec first and foremost. well naw, fukk the ones who want out. that is some straight bullshyt. Theyre like whiney children who threaten to run away, they'd fukking die on their own.




the only reason I havent murdered you is because of the UGK reference.

Murder me?