Overview
- Former justice minister Irwin Cotler, under RCMP protection, warned on June 23 that Tehran may have activated sleeper cells in Canada to target regime critics.
- Public Safety Canada has maintained the national terror threat at medium, indicating that violent extremist attacks remain a realistic possibility.
- CSIS continues to investigate credible intelligence showing Iran’s use of proxies and criminal networks to carry out transnational repression on Canadian soil.
- Ottawa severed diplomatic ties with Tehran in 2012 and joined the United States in June 2024 to designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity.
- Law enforcement agencies including the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency are enhancing vigilance at land crossings to prevent regime-linked operatives from exploiting Canadian territory for U.S. attacks.