Ottawa Monitoring Reports of Iran’s Threats Against Dissidents in Canada: Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a demonstration across the Alexandra Bridge in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2022. Scores of demonstrators lined the streets of several major Canadian cities as part of a worldwide "human chain" organized by the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims in solidarity with antigovernment protesters in Iran. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Ottawa is aware of reports of state actors from the Islamic Republic of Iran intimidating dissidents living in Canada, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“We are constantly watching and evaluating the threats posed to Canadians by foreign interference from a range of countries,” Trudeau told reporters at the Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia, on Nov. 20.