Why Canada severed relations with Iran
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Devine points to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran last week. Iranian officials boasted about a successful summit, which involved most countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
He says the summit “was not an overwhelming success for Iran but demonstrated they are not as isolated as the West would hope.”
The West is trying to isolate Iran over the dispute about Iran’s nuclear program. In that context, Devine says, Canada may be trying to send “a symbolic message to Iran after the NAM meeting that they should not conclude that their isolation is over or that they can escape western pressure.”