Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced Ottawa was sanctioning Iran’s defence minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, the general staff of the armed forces, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters and its commander, Gholam Ali Rashid.
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Thursday’s actions come after the United States and United Kingdom laid coordinated sanctions on Iranian military figures and organizations in response to the attack on Israel.
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Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles on April 13 against Israel, its first direct attack on the country, in retaliation for a suspected Israeli air strike on its embassy compound in Damascus on April 1 that killed elite military officers.
Most of the missiles and drones launched by Iran were intercepted by Israeli and U.S.-led coalition forces, as well as Israel’s air defence systems. A suspected Israeli drone attack on an Iranian airfield followed on April 19, but Iran has downplayed the incident and has said it will not retaliate further.
The Israeli and American militaries have not publicly confirmed Israel was behind either the April 1 or April 19 strikes.
—With files from Reuters
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