Although Iran’s backing of terrorist groups is widely documented, Iranian officials decried the “baseless allegations” of Iran’s “so-called support for terrorist groups,” while Press TV labeled the links to terror a “pretext” for seizing Iran’s assets. Ottawa intervened in the case to protect Iran’s diplomatic assets. TORONTO — An Ontario court decision that holds Iran financially accountable to victims of the terrorist groups it sponsors is threatening to complicate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attempts to mend diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic. Any normalization in the two countries’ diplomatic ties requires a radical revision of the extremist and wrong politics of the former Canadian government. Five court proceedings were subsequently launched in Ontario by victims of eight Hamas and Hezbollah attacks.

Source: National Post June 15, 2016 02:03 UTC