Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced in a rare move that Ottawa had voted against the Islamic Republic's membership in the "Program and Coordination Committee" in the secret ballot of the UN General Assembly.
Underscoring Canada's support for the Iranian people, Anand said the Islamic Republic is suppressing opposition within the country and stoking instability in the Middle East. According to Canada's foreign minister, a government with such a record is unfit to be a member of an institution whose role it is to protect the United Nations Charter.
An interview with Mehsa Mortzawi, Iran's international reporter.