Anand calls for 'de-escalation' after Israel strikes Iran, warning against 'broader regional conflict'

OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign affairs minister is urging de-escalation after Israel launched strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear sites and killing the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. 

Anita Anand, in a statement posted to X,  warned that “further action” risks triggering “a broader regional conflict with devastating consequences.”

“De-escalation must be the priority,” she wrote Friday morning.

“We...