Canada has reimposed economic sanctions on 11 Iranian entities under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations, restoring restrictions that were removed in 2016 after implementation of the nuclear agreement.
Global Affairs Canada announced the designations on 10 November during the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris. The government says the listed organisations contributed to proliferation-sensitive nuclear activity, Iran’s ballistic-missile programme or the financing of activities it describes as malign.
The entities had been delisted after Iran took steps under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and permitted verification of restrictions on its nuclear programme. Canada says the new measures reflect subsequent failures to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and are intended to restrict access to sensitive technology and funding.
The designations are legal restrictions adopted under Canada’s sanctions regulations, not criminal convictions. They bring the government’s reported total across Iran-related and other sanctions regimes to 237 Iranian individuals and 276 Iranian entities.
Read the Canadian sanctions announcement and backgrounder
