Canada Rules Out Joining Offensive Operations Against Iran

A Strike Fighter Squadron prepares to take off from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in an image released by the US Navy, on March 1.

Photographer: US Navy/Getty Images

Canada has no intention of joining offensive military actions against Iran, Foreign Minister Anita Anand told Bloomberg News.

“Canada was not consulted prior to the offensive operation” — which, she added, the country hasn’t participated in and “has no intention of participating in.”