Selective human rights: the double standard in Canada and the West’s policy toward Iran

Canada’s own human rights record is shaped by its ongoing relationship with Indigenous Peoples. It is within this context that the language of human rights can become uneven, selective, and performative.

A diaspora caught between Ottawa’s Iran policy and Iran’s street protests

If Canada wants an Iran policy with substance, it also means avoiding the demonization of the country and resisting the urge to paint its people with a broad political brush.