Canada Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Regime Over Threats to Global Security

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 12, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Canada is imposing another round of sanctions against the Iranian regime—this time, on its new security chief, along with six other Iranians accused of destabilizing the Middle East and Ukraine.

Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a former commander of the navy division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, is listed as one of the seven being sanctioned, according to a news release from Global Affairs Canada on Aug. 8.