Canada adds Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its list of terrorist entities. 2024-06-19
Iran brings charges against Canada at the International Court of Justice for allegedly violating Iran's state immunity by designating it a sponsor of terrorism. 2023-06-28
Canada imposes sanctions on 17 Iranian entities over human rights abuses, including former Foreign Relations Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. 2022-10-13
Canada Soccer cancels a match between the Canadian and Iranian teams due to the latter's connection with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in 2020. 2022-05-26
Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne urges Iran to allow access to the flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down in January. 2020-03-4
Vigils in Iran that were held for the victims subsequently turn into protests. According to Twitter videos, hundreds of protesters in Tehran call for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 2020-01-11
After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggests the plane was downed by an Iranian missile, Iranian authorities reject this theory. Iranian civil aviation chief says he is "certain" the plane was not hit by a missile, still asserting the cause was "mechanical failure". 2020-01-10
Iran releases Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist Homa Hoodfar, who had been held since June, as the countries begin talks on restoration of diplomatic ties. 2016-09-26
A spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry calls Canada's Friday decision to sever all diplomatic ties "hasty" and "radical". A senior Islamic Consultative Assembly member describes the decision as "hostile". 2012-09-8