Canada is reimposing sanctions on 11 Iranian companies in the energy and banking sectors, which it removed from its sanctions list in 2016 as part of the nuclear deal (Berjam).
The National Iranian Oil Company and National Banks and Mallat are among those companies that Canada has accused of helping to advance Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Canada's foreign ministry statement says that the purpose of imposing these sanctions is to "disrupt Iranian financial networks" that are used to "assist the nuclear program."
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