Critics Call out Ottawa for Not Contesting Iran Joining UN Nuclear Weapons Conference

Critics Call out Ottawa for Not Contesting Iran Joining UN Nuclear Weapons Conference
Protesters march in support of regime change in Iran during a demonstration in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Feb. 28, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sammy Kogan
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Conservative MPs are calling out the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney after its representatives failed to follow allies in proactively challenging Iran’s nomination to two United Nations bodies—including one tasked with reviewing a landmark treaty on nuclear weapons.

On Monday, Iran was nominated to the vice-presidency of the UN’s month-long review conference on the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty, better known as the NPT.