This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Radio Canada
A plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, Canada’s former justice minister, has reportedly been foiled by Canadian authorities.
Radio-Canada was able to confirm the information, first reported by the daily Globe and Mail, which cited an anonymous source. Irwin Cotler was informed in late October that he was in imminent danger of assassination by Iranian agents.
Mr. Cotler says he does not know if there was an arrest or if the threat against his person was reduced.
Cautious reaction in Ottawa
Questioned by the media on the subject, the federal Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Jean-Yves Duclos, affirms that it is a very serious allegationreferring the matter to his colleague at the head of the Ministry of Public Security, Dominic LeBlanc.
