Anand says 'regime change' in Iran would be required for restarting diplomatic ties
montreal.citynews.ca
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada will not re-establish ties with Iran until "regime change" takes place in Tehran.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada will not re-establish ties with Iran until “regime change” takes place in Tehran.

Anand made the comment to The Globe and Mail Saturday, and her office and department would not repeat that phrasing but has not disputed it.

“We will not open diplomatic relationships with Iran unless there is a regime change. Period,” the newspaper quoted Anand as saying.

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Global Affairs Canada would not provide the context of those remarks, instead writing that Ottawa will not restore diplomatic ties it severed in 2012 “so long as the Iranian government continues to brutalize its people and deny their legitimate aspirations.”

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Since late December, a violent crackdown in Iran has killed thousands of protesters across the country. That has prompted large demonstrations in Toronto and for Ottawa to unveil yet another round of sanctions against Iranian officials, marking the 23rd round of Canadian sanctions against Iran since 2022.

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  • Scotty@scribe.disroot.orgOP
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    5 days ago

    For the Trump agenda? The Iranians have been (once again) fighting against their oppressive regime and demand a change.

      • Scotty@scribe.disroot.orgOP
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        4 days ago

        Nah, a vast majority of Iranians rejects the Islamic Republic. There are several independent surveys that prove that, as this one from 2024 said:

        … The Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN), which conducted the survey in June 2024, said …, “A majority of the population opposes the Islamic Republic and supports changing or transforming the political system.” … Support for the principles of the 1979 revolution and the Supreme Leader fell to 11 percent, down from 18 percent in 2022. By contrast, some 40 percent of participants said regime change was a precondition for reform, while another 24 percent favored a structural transition away from the current system.

        A clear majority of Iranians do not want the theocracy that came to power with the 1979 revolution. They want a secular democracy.