OTTAWA — The real reason the Liberal government hasn’t been able to re-establish relations with Iran is due to its adherence to a “stupid” Canadian law allowing the seizure of Iranian assets, says Canada’s recently expelled ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Six years ago, the previous Conservative government abruptly severed its diplomatic relations with Iran, shuttering its embassy in Tehran and expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada. And it’s still a stupid law,” Horak told a meeting of the Canadian International Council in Ottawa this week. That's the reason; that still existsHorak, who was the Canadian foreign ministry’s director of Middle East relations in 2012, said the three major federal parties supported the law. “How can we reopen under those conditions?”Freeland’s office did not respond to questions about the status of diplomatic talks with Iran.

Source: National Post October 20, 2018 14:37 UTC