{"id":29836,"date":"2012-09-08T10:18:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=29836"},"modified":"2012-09-08T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T17:18:18","slug":"canada-severs-iran-diplomatic-ties-on-terrorism-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/canada-severs-iran-diplomatic-ties-on-terrorism-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Severs Iran Diplomatic Ties on Terrorism Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government suspended ties with Iran in part due to an increasing risk to his country\u2019s diplomats in the Middle Eastern country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a regime that, among its many wrongs, does not respect normal practices of diplomatic immunity,\u201d Harper told reporters today in Vladivostok, Russia, where he is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. \u201cThe risks to our diplomats just keep going up, so ever since last year, we have been scaling down our presence and I think this is the best decision in terms of our ability to protect our people and conduct foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n