Canada has arrested a senior Huawei technology company official suspected of violating sanctions against Iran at the request of U.S. officials. Meng Wanzhou, who is one of the vice-chairs on the Chinese technology company’s board and is the daughter of the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at the request of U.S. officials in Vancouver. […]

China warned Canada Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer, calling the case “extremely nasty.” Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s global chief financial officer, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 and faces extradition to the United States, which alleges that she covered up […]

Iran lost to Canada 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-12) in a two hours and 7 minutes five-set thriller. The result eliminated Asians from the 2018 FIVB Men’s World Championship while Canada are still in the running for the second place in Pool G. Team Melli will face the U.S. on Sunday. Nicholas Hoag accounted […]

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo spoke on a phone with his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland and discussed the diplomatic row between Riyadh and Ottawa as well as the US sanctions on Iran, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. The relations between Saudi Arabia and Canada have been tense since last week, when the Canadian Foreign […]

Saudi Arabia said it has expelled Canada’s ambassador and recalled its own envoy from the North American country after the government in Ottawa expressed concern over recent arrests of civil-society and women’s rights activists in the kingdom, adding it retained “its rights to take further action.” Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry early Monday said the kingdom […]

 The Canadian police have identified Faisal Hussain, 29, as the assailant who killed a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old college student. The Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group has reportedly claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting in the Canadian city of Toronto. Earlier, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said that the authorities […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said that Iran and Canada had started no talks on resuming relations that the Canadian parliament decided to stop it. “No talk was even started to be stopped,” Young Journalists Club quoted him as saying on Sunday. He noted, “A number of signals for holding […]

Iranian short animated film ‘Bystander’ directed by Sheyda Kashi has won the Best Short Animation award in the 2018 Picture this…film festival. The 8-minute animation had previously received two awards for the best animated short films at the 3rd Cinemaway Film Festival in Ukraine and Sobytie Film Festival in Russia. The Canadian festival will be […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi condemned Canada’s interventionist statement on Iran’s domestic affairs and called the policy adopted by Canada a violation of international rights. Bahram Ghasemi condemned Canada’s interventionist statement on Iran’s domestic affairs and said “Islamic Republic of Iran considers Canadian government’s interventionist policy as a violation of legal and international commitments […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the fatal shooting of an Iranian man in Ontario, Canada, by police, saying Tehran is asking for details about the incident and pursuing the case until the facts are brought to light. In a statement on Thursday morning, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi deplored the killing of 43-year-old Babak […]