Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler
Tehran alleged to have targeted retired politician, 84, who is also human rights activist and critic of Iran
Canadian authorities foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a former justice minister and rights activist who has been a strong critic of Tehran, the Globe and Mail newspaper has reported.
Irwin Cotler, 84, was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2015.
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