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OTTAWA — The House of Commons foreign affairs committee wants the Trudeau government to report to Parliament on a regular basis about whether its sanctions regime is actually working.

OTTAWA — The House of Commons foreign affairs committee wants the Trudeau government to report to Parliament on a regular basis about whether its sanctions regime is actually working.

It’s been over a year since Faith Emenike filled out an application in hopes that her family would be able to visit her in Canada as she gave birth to her first child—but all she’s heard is radio silence.

It’s been over a year since Faith Emenike filled out an application in hopes that her family would be able to visit her in Canada as she gave birth to her first child—but all she’s heard is radio silence.

Experts from across the globe are preparing to discuss the ongoing women’s movement in Iran at Women, Life, Liberty: Iran’s Democratic Future, a Persian-language seminar organized by researchers at the University of Toronto.

Today marks three years since Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired a pair of surface-to-air missiles at a civilian plane over the skies of Tehran killing all 176 people onboard. The government has made progress on some of the victims' families' demands, but not others.

Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, chair of the Commons foreign affairs committee, is calling on the federal government to impose “severe” travel restrictions on Iran’s representative at the United Nations aviation agency in Montreal.

OTTAWA — Canadian politicians need to think about what would happen if the Iranian regime actually falls, an expert says as Ottawa's response to protests abroad becomes political fodder at home.

The families of those killed when Irans military shot down Flight 752 in January 2020 are demanding the Canadian government take a harder line against the regime.

Canadian politicians need to think about what would happen if the Iranian regime actually falls, an expert says as Ottawas response to protests abroad becomes political fodder at home. On Monday, the Liberals announced sanctions against 25 senior Iranian officials and nine government entities, a week after promising to bar officials from entering Canada and freezing Canadian-held assets.