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May 17, 2017

Canada Is Restoring Ties with Iran, but Appears to Be Getting Nothing in Return

It would help if Canada were more candid about the tawdry nature of these relations.

Five years ago, Ottawa broke off relations with Tehran. But since becoming prime minister in 2015, Justin Trudeau has promised to restore ties, and Canadian diplomats traveled to Iran last week for talks. Michael Petrou, noting the Islamic Republic’s support for terror, backing of the murderous rule of Bashar al-Assad, and atrocious human-rights record, is skeptical that any good will come out of reconciliation between the two countries:

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