Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives an interview to The Associated Press at his office, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 15, 2017.
Canada has a history of going tough on Iran.
But now we’re softening our approach to a country long criticized for human rights abuses and questionable nuclear ambitions.
Over 10 years ago Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin gave the regime’s ambassador to Canada a dressing down over one of then-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s particularly anti-Semitic speeches.
Five years ago Stephen Harper shut down trade and closed shop on diplomatic relations over human rights issues.
But Justin Trudeau is taking a different approach. He promised during the 2015 campaign to restore diplomatic and economic relations and they’re now heading in that direction.
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