Harper Urges Global Powers Not to Negotiate With Incoming Iranian Regime

Stephen Harper speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, on March 26, 2017. The Canadian Press/AP/Jose Luis Magana

Governments around the world should shun Iran’s incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an international conference on the state of the middle-eastern country.

Stephen Harper’s remarks came at a virtual sitting of the Free Iran World Summit. Canada’s 22nd prime minister told attendees that hard−liner Ebrahim Raisi’s rise to power is further evidence of escalating extremism at play in Iran.