Reuters - Canada is pressing Iran for additional answers over the downing in January of a Ukrainian jetliner, after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided limited and selected information. Irans Revolutionary Guard has said it accidentally shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 on Jan. 8, mistaking it for a missile at a time ...

Reuters - Canada is telling travelers from Iran to isolate themselves at home for 14 days because of the novel coronavirus, the same direction given to people arriving from Hubei, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, officials said on Monday. Canada had already advised citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Iran. The rapid increase in cases ...

The Globe And Mail - Canada has soared in global rankings to become the second biggest arms dealer to the Middle East on the strength of its massive sale of combat vehicles to Saudi Arabia, new figures show. It's a first for Canada, according to IHS Jane's, the defence industry publisher that tracks military spending. Canada was previously the sixth-...

Press TV - Canada has gifted some $30 million worth of Iranian assets to the victims of terrorist attacks in which Iran says has not been involved, Canadian media reported. The victims have received their share of the money earned through the sale of two Iranian-owned buildings in Ottawa and Toronto, according to adocumentfiled in the Ontario Superior ...

MNA Canada, Australia and Denmark voiced their readiness to employ 5,000 Iranian labor force in the current year (started March 21, 2019), said an official with Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare. Setting up offices to support workforce in target countries is one of the main policies of the Ministry of Labor in the field of dispatching ...

IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that Canada should be accountable for its illegal measures against Iran. Seyyed Abbas Mousavi made the remarks in reaction to the recent statement by the Canadian Foreign Ministry which targeted Iran with baseless accusations. The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman noted that the Canadian government ...

MNA Iran Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jaffar Montazeri said Wednesday that Canada has become a safe haven for embezzlers and urged Canadian officials to extradite Iranian economic criminals living in the country. He made the remarks Wednesday on the sideline of an event in Tehran in response to a question about the possibility of extradition of ...

Sputnik - Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in the Canadian city of Vancouver on 1 December 2018, for reportedly failing to comply with US sanctions against Iran, and now faces extradition to the United States. Washington has notified the Canadian government that it intends to proceed with a formal demand to extradite Huawei Chief Financial ...

AP - China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks. Huaweis chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, faces possible extradition to the United States, according to Canadian authorities. The Globe and Mail newspaper,...

The Verge - Canada arrested the chief financial officer of Huawei on suspicion of violating US sanctions against Iran, according to The Globe and Mail. The CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Vancouver on Saturday at the request of US law enforcement and is facing extradition to the US. Its an extremely high-profile arrest, the first major break ...

Sputnik - Canada could soon join the United States in imposing sanctions against the Saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters. Earlier inthe day, the US Treasury Department sanctioned 17 Saudis underthe Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, including ...

Haaretz - Saudi authorities reportedly used technology provided by Israeli firm NSO to try and track Omar Abdulaziz via his cellphone, a Canadian research group claims Agents apparently linked to the Saudi regime used spy technology from Israeli firm NSO Group Technologies to eavesdrop on a Saudi dissident in Canada, according to a report on Monday....

IFP - A former Iranian diplomat says the expulsion of the Canadian ambassador from Saudi Arabia was meant to be an object lesson for others. Saudi Arabia has, in recent months, apprehended and incarcerated a large number of university professors, poets, clergymen and businessmen on charges of acting against national security. The kingdom has ...

Alwaght - Over the past three days, the diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia and Canada have been making the world media headlines. The crisis started when Canadas foreign ministry issued a statement in which it lashed out at Riyadh for the detention of the women rights activists and called on the regime immediately released them. Shortly after,...

Tasnim The chairman of Yemens Supreme Revolutionary Committee called on Ottawa to open its embassy in Sanaa after Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador and recalled its envoy over claims of interference in its internal affairs. We call on the Canadian government to open its embassy in Sanaa, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said on his Twitter account ...

IFP - A new survey reveals that nearly 100 percent of Iranian diaspora in Canada maintain that Ottawa officials shouldnt have taken part in the annual gathering of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), an anti-Iran terrorist group, which was recently held in Paris. According to the survey conducted by the Iranian-Canadian Congress, 98.90 percent ...

MNA Iranian foreign ministry spokesman condemned a motion in Canada's parliament which demands immediate cease of all negotiations on restoring diplomatic ties with Iran. Bahram Ghasemi in a statement on Wednesday called the motion a counterproductive move', adding while the bill is not yet passed into lawand is still in its early stages, itwould ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed regret over the fatal crash of a bus involving Canadian junior hockey team. In aSaturday nightstatement, Ghasemioffered sympathy tothe Canadian nation and the families of the 15 victims of the incident. Fifteen people died when a bus carrying a junior hockey team, the Humboldt ...

AP The widow of an Iranian-Canadian university professor who died under disputed circumstances in a Tehran prison has been stopped from traveling abroad, Canadas foreign affairs minister said Thursday. The death of Kavous Seyed-Emami in February sparked new anger in Iran over the treatment of those detained in prison, especially after nearly 5,...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran demands explanation for murder of national in Canada Irans Foreign Ministry condemned the fatal shooting of an Iranian man in Ontario, Canada, by police, saying Tehran is asking for details about the incident and pursuing the case until the facts are brought to light. Gen ...