Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Canada's action to close its embassy in Tehran and expel Iranian diplomats from Ottawa is unprofessional, unconventional, unjustifiable, and a misuse of international laws, IRNA reported.
According to Foreign Ministry Media Department, the ministry, in a statement released on Saturday, said the government of Canada, in a hasty decision, has resorted to this 'absurd' action in order to deviate the public opinion from the success of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in successfully holding the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran.
"The conservative regime of Canada under Mr. Harper, is known with adopting radical policies and following the defeated and outdated policies of Neo-conservatives and widespread criticism of people in Canada against high prices of these approaches confirms this," said the statement.
Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the policy of isolation and limiting Canada's foreign relations to a very few countries is another manifestation of the policies of present administration of Canada.
The statement continues," the government of Canada, according to the reports of United Nations Rapporteur on indigenous rights, has the worst record on violating human rights, with its radical actions and financially supporting the extremist forces in the region and its all-out, blind support for the Zionist regime which is a racist regime, has adopted policies which does not help the world peace but is a source of threat to international security."
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, in the past two years, while observing the destructive behavior of the government of Canada, and on the basis of the conditioned interaction principle, tried to limit bilateral relations to providing the rights of Iranian community in Canada and keeping people-to people relations."
"In this regard, the personnel of Iranian Embassy in Ottawa was reduced and economic ties were diverted to other areas."
Noting that the Canada decision was against all human principles, Minitry of Foreign Affairs has emphasized that the government of Canada has done its best to increase pressure on Iranian community in Canada.
The statement has mentioned multiple actions of Harper's administration against Iranian nation including closing Consular section of its Embassy in Tehran, closing bank accounts of many Iranians in Canada, and preventing money transfer for Iranian students in Canada, etc.
"The extremist regime of Harper did a lot to prevent the holding of NAM summit in Tehran but countries and international figures completely ignored it and imposed another defeat to this regime."
The statement said Iran will do its best to continue providing consular services to Iranian community in Canada.
Referring to poor record of Canada in protecting diplomatic personnel and buildings, the statement has stressed the responsibility of Canadian government in this regard.