Iran expels Canadian ambassador

Iran has expelled Canada's ambassador, Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said Monday in a statement.The Associated Press news service identified the envoy as Ambassador John Mundy.Bernier said he believed the expulsion "is an unfortunate and unjustified consequence" of Ottawa's failure to approve any of Iran's proposed candidates to be ambassador to Canada."Canada regrets the decision of the Government of Iran to order our ambassador to leave Tehran, which is entirely unjustifiable," Bernier said. "We stand behind our ambassador, who has performed his diplomatic duties with professionalism and dedication. We will continue to monitor the well-being of the other embassy staff in Tehran. "Bernier said the Canadian Embassy in Tehran will be headed by a charge d'affaires for now."We strive to keep our lines of communication open," he said."...As always, Canada remains prepared to receive an Iranian ambassador provided a suitable candidate is presented. "Recently, Iran's supreme court ordered a review of the death of Zahra Kazemi, the Canadian photojournalist who tied in custody after being arrested outside of a Tehran prison in 2003, AP reported.Authorities said she died after falling ill. Her son believes she was tortured and raped before being killed, the AP reported.

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