Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is at a diplomatic disadvantage in Iran and Venezuela because it lacks embassies and consular services, and he says the government will not re-establish ties with Tehran.The Canadian embassy in Tehran closed after incidents in 2012 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Ottawa shuttered its Caracas mission in 2019 after Venezuela refused to renew visas for Canadian diplomats.Foreign Affairs Minister
Anita Anand says regime change would be required to restore full relations with
Iran, Conservative Leader
Pierre Poilievre opposes reopening embassies, and
Canada also has no plans to reopen its
embassy in
Syria after ties were restored following the Assad ouster last year.