Iranian
foreign ministry denounced a Canadian court ruling that froze Iranian
government assets in Canada. Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said
Iran held Canada’s government responsible for the court order.
The
action by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice was in response to a request
filed by the family of an American, Marla Bennett, who was killed in a
Jerusalem bombing 11 years ago that was said to be the work of Hamas, the Lebanese
group supported by Iran. The Bennett family won a default judgment against Iran
for $12.9 million in an American court but was unable to collect.
“The
political motivations behind such a move are not hidden to anybody,” said Mehmanparast.
(IRNA/NYTimes, 5 November)
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