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Canada said Sunday it would continue coordinating with international partners to impose additional sanctions on Iran and maintain economic pressure over what Ottawa described as Tehran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East.
Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a joint statement that Iran should immediately halt what they called threats to vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, illicit nuclear activities and support for regional proxy groups.
The ministers said Canada is working with G7 partners to support U.S.-led efforts, alongside France and the U.K., to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement reaffirmed Canada’s support for Operation Economic Outcast, a U.S.-led maximum-pressure sanctions campaign, as well as other efforts aimed at disrupting Iran’s ability to finance what Ottawa described as terrorist activities.
Since 2010, Canada has sanctioned 492 Iranian individuals and entities under the Special Economic Measures Act and the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act.
Anand and Champagne said Canada would continue working with international partners on “additional measures” aimed at pressuring Iran to end what they described as “malign behavior.”
Iran did not immediately respond to Canada’s accusations.
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