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Canada's Trudeau to Shuffle Cabinet

TEHRAN (defapress) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Wednesday and insiders say he may well move Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland into a new job and ask her to prevent a national unity crisis.
News ID: 79350    Publish Date : 2019/11/23

Heating Fuel Shortage Looms as Strike in Canada Hits Third Day

TEHRAN (defapress) – Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada’s biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co, hit its third day, leaving the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded.
News ID: 79309    Publish Date : 2019/11/23

Iran Reminds Canada of Human Rights Violations against Indigenous Americans

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Eshaq Al-e Habib highlighted how cruelly indigenous inhabitants of North America were killed by European settlers of Canada, and said that a country with such a dark history in human rights is so unfit to accuse others of violating rights.
News ID: 79291    Publish Date : 2019/11/15

Canada Election:

Trudeau Set to Remain in Power But with Minority Government

TEHRAN (defapress)- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to win a second term in Canada's parliamentary elections despite a series of scandals, but will have to form a minority government.
News ID: 79066    Publish Date : 2019/10/22

Iran Decries Canada’s Illegal Measures, Anti-Tehran Allegations

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed as “surprising” the recent bogus allegations that Canada has made against Tehran, saying the Ottawa government’s “illegal and unconventional” measures against Iran have ruined the good ties the two countries had in the past.
News ID: 77500    Publish Date : 2019/05/22

Trump Lifts Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Canada, Mexico

TEHRAN (defapress) - US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal to lift US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico that had created friction between the neighbors and blocked a new North American free trade agreement.
News ID: 77455    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Canada Vows to Defend Its Business in Cuba as US Opens Way for Lawsuits

TEHRAN (defapress) – Canada vowed on Friday to defend its businesses operating in Cuba after US President Donald Trump lifted a ban on American citizens filing lawsuits against investors working on the island nation.
News ID: 77203    Publish Date : 2019/05/04

Syria Refugee Commits Suicide after Being Bullied in Canada

TEHRAN (defapress) – A Syrian family who fled to Canada have spoken out about the death of their nine-year-old daughter after she committed suicide last month as a result of being bullied at school, a report said.
News ID: 76844    Publish Date : 2019/04/16

Iran Prosecutor-General slams Canada for becoming safe haven for embezzlers

TEHRAN (defapress) – 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.
News ID: 76161    Publish Date : 2019/03/13

China Accuses Britain, EU of Hypocrisy over Canada Detentions Concerns

TEHRAN (defapress) - China accused Britain and the European Union of hypocrisy on Monday for expressing concern about China's detention of two Canadian citizens, saying they had double standards for not mentioning a senior Chinese executive arrested in Canada.
News ID: 74528    Publish Date : 2018/12/24

Report:

Canada's 2017 Homicide Rate Near 10-Year High

TEHRAN (defapress) - Canada’s homicide rate increased by 7 percent to 1.8 victims per 100,000 people in 2017, reaching the highest level in almost a decade, official statistics showed.
News ID: 73869    Publish Date : 2018/11/22

Report:

Canada's 2017 Homicide Rate Near 10-Year High

TEHRAN (defapress) - Canada’s homicide rate increased by 7 percent to 1.8 victims per 100,000 people in 2017, reaching the highest level in almost a decade, official statistics showed.
News ID: 73869    Publish Date : 2018/11/22

Iran Says Unaware of Canada’s Reason for Severance of Ties

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran cannot still understand why Canada unilaterally severed diplomatic relations six years ago, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said after a former Canadian diplomat criticized Ottawa for the current diplomatic blackout.
News ID: 73213    Publish Date : 2018/10/22

Canada says Saudi explanation of journo's death not credible

TEHRAN (defapress)– Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister slammed on Saturday the murder of the Saudi critic journalist confirmed by the Saudis in its consulate in Istanbul, saying the Saudi explanation 'lacks credibility'.
News ID: 73194    Publish Date : 2018/10/21

Trudeau Says Canada to Maintain Human Rights Pressure on Saudis

TEHRAN (defapress) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would maintain pressure on Saudi Arabia over human rights despite a diplomatic row between the two nations, and brushed off suggestions he had botched ties with Riyadh.
News ID: 73054    Publish Date : 2018/10/13

Canada Claims it Was Targeted by Russian Cyberattacks

TEHRAN (defapress)- The statement came just hours after Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld claimed that four Russians had attempted to carry out a cyber attack on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
News ID: 72867    Publish Date : 2018/10/04

Canada-US Reach Free Trade Deal with Mexico

TEHRAN (defapress) - Canada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline.
News ID: 72785    Publish Date : 2018/10/01

Trump Says He Refused Meeting with Trudeau, Canada Says "No Meeting Was Requested"

TEHRAN (defapress)- President Trump claimed Wednesday that he turned down a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the two countries attempt to overcome a rift in trade policy.
News ID: 72712    Publish Date : 2018/09/27

Canada Concerned over Reported Saudi Death Sentences for Activists

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern Thursday over reports that human rights activists in Saudi Arabia face the death penalty.
News ID: 71955    Publish Date : 2018/08/24

Canada, US FMs discuss Iran sanctions, Canada-Saudi Arabia row

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo spoke on a phone with his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland and discussed the diplomatic row between Riyadh and Ottawa as well as the US sanctions on Iran, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
News ID: 71714    Publish Date : 2018/08/12

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