CANADA: Former justice minister Irwin Cotler says RCMP told him Iranian plot to kill him was foiled
Former justice minister Irwin Cotler says RCMP told him Iranian plot to kill him was foiled
Cotler says he has been protected by RCMP day and night for more than a year
Christian Noel, Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18, 2024 12:15 PM EST
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-foils-plot-to-kill-irwin-cotler-1.7386253
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7nj0gw2y1o
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CBC News has confirmed that the RCMP has foiled a plot backed by Iran to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
The RCMP has told former justice minister Irwin Cotler that a plot by agents of Iran to assassinate him was foiled.
As first reported by the Globe and Mail, the 84-year-old former Liberal MP was informed last month that a plot to assassinate him within 48 hours had been discovered.
Cotler, a human-rights advocate and an outspoken critic of the regime in Tehran, confirmed the Globe and Mail report and told Radio-Canada on Monday that he has been under police protection for over a year.
That protection, Cotler said, remains in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and involves the use of an armoured car, armed protection officers and other security measures.
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Applegrove:
Khashogi killing seems to have emboldened bad actor nations the world over to kill ex-pats or human rights actors in the West. Last I heard, Iran had a plan to kill Trump. I wonder if he regrets demystifying American democracy as the giant among nations it once was.