Key facts
- Canada reimposed sanctions on 11 Iranian entities on November 10, 2026, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said.
- Anand announced the measures at a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in Paris.
- Canada said the measures target funding and sensitive technology tied to Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
- The list includes the National Iranian Oil Company, the National Iranian Tanker Company, Bank Mellat and Bank Melli.
- Canada de-listed the entities in 2016 after the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
- Ottawa cited Iran's repeated failure to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Canada reimposed sanctions on 11 Iranian entities on November 10, 2026, citing their contribution to Iran's nuclear activities and ballistic missile program, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said. Anand announced the measures at a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Paris, saying they were intended to restrict Iran's access to funding and sensitive technology linked to its nuclear and missile programs.
"Canada's position is unequivocal: Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon," a foreign ministry statement quoted Anand as saying. The measures target entities that contributed to "the Iranian regime's proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and ballistic missile program or to the financing of its malign activities," the statement said.
Canada de-listed the entities in 2016 after a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Ottawa said Tehran had repeatedly failed to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, over its nuclear activities and had not complied with the provisions of earlier UN Security Council resolutions.
The 11 entities include Iran's Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company, the Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company, the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company. The others are Kala Naft, the Naftiran Intertrade Company, Bank Mellat, Bank Melli, the Iran Bank of Industry and Mine, the Export Development Bank of Iran and the Iran Insurance Company.
The United States, its European allies and Israel accuse Tehran of using its nuclear program to conceal efforts to try to develop the capability to produce weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.