A Canadian citizen has been killed in Iran amid widespread protests across the country, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.
“A Canadian citizen has died in Iran at the hands of the Iranian authorities. Our consular officials are in contact with the victim’s family in Canada and my deepest condolences are with them at this time,” Anand said in a statement on X on Jan. 15.
Anand said that Iranian citizens have been peacefully protesting in response to the Iranian regime’s “repression and ongoing human rights violations,” and the violence against protesters must end.
“Canada condemns and calls for an immediate end to the Iranian regime’s violence,” she added.
In recent weeks, Iranian citizens have staged widespread protests across the country against the ruling Islamic Republic and its leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has cracked down on the protesters, with the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency estimating at least 2,435 protesters and 153 members of Iran’s security forces have been killed during demonstrations as of Jan. 14….