Canada Adds New Sanctions Against Iran as Crackdown on Protests Continues

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly walks between meetings on the side-lines of the G20 leaders summit in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 16, 2022, following the incident in Poland. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced a fifth package of economic sanctions against Iran as the country continues its crackdown on human-rights protesters.

Joly said in a statement that two aviation companies, Shahed Aviation Industries and Qods Aviation Industries, are being added to Canada’s sanctions list for their ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a much-maligned branch of Iran’s military.