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Iran Shot Down a Plane Carrying 85 Canadians, and Now Strikes Canadian Forces and Civilian Targets in the Gulf. What Does Canada Call That, If Not State Terrorism?

Op-Ed: Javad Zarif’s recorded words, citing the plausibility of an intentional airline strike, are in Ottawa’s hands, and he is now posting about Western ‘war crimes’.

Apr 06, 2026
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OTTAWA – On the night of January 8, 2020, a Boeing 737 carrying 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents climbed out of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and was destroyed by two mi…

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