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Originally Posted by transplant99
A list of reasons
— Iran refuses to comply with the United Nations resolutions pertaining to its nuclear program
— Increasing military assistance to the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad
— Iran shelters and "materially supports" terrorist groups
— Routine threats to the existence of the state of Israel
— Repeated violations of the Vienna Convention which governs diplomatic relations between most countries of the world
— "Racist anti-Semitic rhetoric and incitement to genocide," Baird said.
— Worst violators of human rights.
http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/09/07...mbassy-in-iran |
To add a couple more points to your list:
- They beat, tortured, raped, and executed a Canadian citizen, because she accidentally took a photograph of a prison while on vacation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Kazemi
- They have more Canadian citizens and permanent residents on death row:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Ghassemi-Shall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeed_Malekpour
-They have another Canadian citizen sentenced to life in prison for blogging negatively about the shi-ite faith:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Derakhshan
- The Iranian government stood back and watched while angry mobs attaked the UK and Danish embassies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml18DDMblUk
-Routine execution of minorities, homosexuals, and political disdents, including minors.
In the end, withdrawal of the embassies is really only a ceremonial move. Canada hasn't had an embassador in Iran since the murder of Zahra Kazemi, and rightfully so..