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OTTAWA - Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Friday, Sept. 7.

Baird said in a statement that the Iranian government was
“the most significant threat to global peace and security in
the world today.” He cited Iran’s nuclear program and Iranian
military assistance to Syria.