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Canada closes Tehran embassy and kicks out its diplomats

September 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rob Gillies The Associated Press TORONTO, CANADA (AP) — Canada shut its embassy in Tehran on Friday, Sept. 7, severed diplomatic relations, and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave, accusing the Islamic Republic of being the most significant threat to world peace.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Canada, Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Fifty-two Americans, Hossein Derakshan, Iran, Islamic Republic, Islamic Revolution, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, John Mundy, President Bashar Assad, Ramin Mehmanparast, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Syria, TORONTO, United States, Vienna Convention, Vol 31 No 38 | September 15 - September 21, Zahra Kazemi

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