Carney condemns PS752 deaths, ignores ongoing Iranian massacre
As revolutionary protests against Iran’s theocratic dictatorship enter their 13th night, Prime Minister Mark Carney remains silent on the crisis.
As revolutionary protests against Iran’s theocratic dictatorship enter their 13th night, Prime Minister Mark Carney remains silent on the crisis, even as the Islamic Regime cuts communications and regime officials open fire on demonstrators. In stark contrast, Conservatives are openly backing the Iranian people’s fight for freedom after 47 years of brutal Islamist rule.
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to the Iranian throne, directly asked world leaders to “act more decisively” in their support of the Iranian people and to help them have a voice as the regime creates an internet and telephone line blackout in the country.
“I call on them to use all technical, financial, and diplomatic resources available to restore communication to the Iranian people so that their voice and their will can be heard and seen,” Pahlavi said. “Do not let the voices of my courageous compatriots be silenced.”
Revolutionaries in Iran have chanted pro-regime and anti-regime slogans for the last 13 nights, asking for Pahlavi’s return to replace the regime. Pahlavi has stated that if the revolution succeeds, he would establish a transitional government to hold a referendum on the kind of secular democracy Iranians want.
After Pahlavi’s post, graphic footage of protesters being shot and killed continues to emerge from Iran despite the regime’s efforts to block communications. Ayatollah Khamenei, in a speech on Friday, called protesters “the enemy” and promised not to show them mercy. Iran’s state TV and officials began threatening that “protesters will be shot.”
Neither Carney nor Global Affairs Canada responded to True North’s requests for comment, when asked for their response and condemnation of the media blackout and slaughter of Iranian protesters.
On Thursday, On Thursday, Canada marked the six-year anniversary of the shooting down of Flight PS752 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a listed terrorist entity in Canada and the regime’s military arm, killing 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents
Carney released a statement about the 176 innocent lives lost at the hands of the regime and promised to continue “pressing for justice for the families who died,” but has remained silent about the millions of Iranians protesting for the removal of the regime that shot down the plane.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and other Conservative MPs, including Melissa Lantsman, Roman Baber, Costas Menegakis, and Andrew Lawton, have been vocal supporters of pro-freedom Iranians, with several sharing videos from protesters.
On Thursday, Poilievre wrote that he stands with the victims of the regime and “with the Iranian people in their fight for freedom against the tyrants in Tehran.”
Following the call to action from Pahlavi and the Iranian Diaspora in Canada to do more to pressure the regime and protect the diaspora from regime officials living in Canada, Foreign Policy Canada, operated by Global Affairs Canada, released a statement. The statement urged “Iranian authorities” to protect hospitals and their patients and to “respect the fundamental rights of Iranians to protest safely and peacefully.”
Global Affairs Canada told True North last week that it was concerned about potential human rights violations from the regime. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened military action against the regime if it killed its own citizens.
On Thursday, Amnesty International said it confirmed at least 28 protesters and bystanders had been killed as of Jan. 3, 2026. The Associated Press noted that at least 62 people have been killed in the protests.
As the Islamist regime in Iran continued to shoot at protesters, Pahlavi called on Trump to “please be prepared to intervene” to help the people of Iran after the massacre.
One totalitarian government usually doesn’t condemn another for cracking down on its citizens.
What's with this globalist, fascist/communist idiot? We as Canadians shouldn't need to feel, we have to apologize to the rest of the world for the conduct of our (small p) pm. Didn't he learn anything from the theatrics of the disaster, that was turdoh?
But I guess he was too busy acting as turdoh's chief financial advisor, to learn how to be a PM.