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Canada imposes new Iran sanctions over human rights

FILE PHOTO: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly attends a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Canada imposed new sanctions on Iran on Thursday in response to the government's human rights abuses and destabilizing actions, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The new sanctions list includes three entities and 17 people including longtime Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif, the ministry said.

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