Canada is imposing fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting the country’s drone and aviation industry with accusations of destabilizing the region and supporting Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Seven people were added to the federal government’s growing list of sanctions hitting the Iranian regime, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement Tuesday, saying it was the 13th round of measures announced since October 2022.
“Today’s sanctions list 7 individuals involved in activities that gravely threaten international peace and security or that constitute gross and systemic violations of human rights in Iran,” the GAC statement read.
The list includes Ali Akbar Ahmadian, who became the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in May. He is a former commander of the navy division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Ottawa is also sanctioning two officials of Imen Sanat Zaman Fara, an Iranian company that manufactures equipment for the country’s Law Enforcement Command.
