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Italy To Manage Canadian Interests In Iran

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.17.2012 | Canada Politics

ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi says Italy will look after Canadian interests in Iran after Canada shut down its embassy there earlier th...

Foreign Affairs Dept. Paid $2M For Study On Threats To Embassies

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.15.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Foreign Affairs Department paid almost $2 million to an international security firm for a sweeping intelligence study of potential threat...

Iran Considers Response To Canada Severing Ties

CBC | Posted 11.08.2012 | Canada Politics

Iran's parliamentary speaker has cancelled a visit to Canada, after Ottawa announced it would shut its embassy in Tehran and expel Iranian diplomats f...

Iran Speaker Cancels Canada Visit

CP | Posted 09.08.2012 | Canada

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's parliamentary speaker cancelled on Saturday a visit to Canada to protest Ottawa's decision to cut diplomatic relations, and Tehr...

Canada Closes Embassy In Iran

CP | Posted 09.07.2012 | Canada Politics

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird delivered a diplomatic bolt from the blue Friday, abruptly and unexpectedly severing ties wi...

Harper Warns Iran On Executing Canadian

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.16.2012 | Canada Politics

SANTIAGO, Chile - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling on Iran to spare the life of an Iranian-Canadian convicted of espionage and awaiting execut...

Dial It Back, Harper: PM Accused Of Fueling Iran Hysteria

CP | Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.15.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Harper government's tough talk on Iran's nuclear ambitions is fuelling hysteria and boosting the likelihood of an armed conflict, an Iran...

Canada Clamps Down On Iranian Nationals Accused In US Plot

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Canada is slapping sanctions on five Iranian nationals accused of plotting to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States.The fede...