US EditionAnand backs Qatar, United Arab Emirates against Iran attacks
Minister Anand condemns Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Gulf allies and pledges support for Canadians in the region amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions.
- On Feb 28, 2026, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said attacks by Iran against Canada’s partners must stop, condemning targeting of Qatar and standing with the United Arab Emirates; she vowed support for Canadians in the region and urged those in Iran to shelter in place.
- Shortly after confirmation of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader’s death, American and Israeli military strikes preceded Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel and U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supports U.S. action in Iran while asserting Canada will not get directly involved and described Iran as `the principal source of instability and terror`.
- Experts warned that Canada’s support for U.S. strikes risks retaliation as state-aligned cyberwarfare groups have monitored and harassed Iranian-Canadian dissidents, Thomas Juneau and Sajjan Gohel noted.
- Anita Anand is in Mumbai with Prime Minister Mark Carney on a trip described as part of a reset of trade and diplomatic ties with India, while Carney aims to sign a comprehensive trade deal aimed to double two-way trade by 2030.
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Iran was targeted by Israeli-American attacks on Saturday, February 28, causing 555 deaths to date. The Mullah regime responded by attacking American military bases in several Gulf countries. The United Arab Emirates, a neighbouring country of Iran, is particularly targeted by missile rounds. - War in the Middle East: why Iran targets Gulf countries and in particular the United Arab Emirates? (International).
Foreign Minister Anita Anand says Iran's attacks on Canada's Middle East partners must stop.
The ‘Epic Furia’ operation on Iran has led to an action-reaction that plunges one of the planet’s eternal hornets into a critical upturn in bellicoseism. In an excessive response that it believes comparable to the attack received, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard confirmed the launching of a wave of missiles and drones against Israel and against United States military installations in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan or Sa…
Decisive moment: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates issued a strong statement of condemnation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which chose to attack them and put them in the circle of fire in the war, and threatens a united response.
In a joint statement, the United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates strongly condemned "Iran's irresponsible missile and drone attacks on sovereign territories in...
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