Navid Hassibi, Council on International Policy :

Navid Hassibi is a Founding Director of the Ottawa-based Council on International Policy and also a Non-Resident Fellow with the Nuclear Security Working Group in Washington, DC. 

... Should Ottawa increase its advocacy of the Iran deal, particularly if the Trump administration works to undermine it, it should consider restoring ties with Tehran and pursue a policy of engagement based on Iran's continued adherence to the nuclear deal, and cooperation on issues of mutual interest including trade, the environment and the fight against Daesh. It could also engage Tehran directly on issues of great concern such as human rights, including the arbitrary detention of dual nationals, as well as Tehran's regional activities that Canada considers to be destabilizing. In this vein, reports that Canadian officials were in Tehran recently are to be welcomed.

The fate of the historic nuclear deal is at stake as the Trump administration increases its hostility toward Iran. The ongoing nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula should serve as a reminder to opponents of the deal not to take it for granted. Canada has an opportunity to pick up where the Obama administration left off by defending and upholding the nuclear agreement in support of a peaceful rules-based international order.

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