From re-sos@international.gc.ca
Date Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Subject Canadian Embassy in Tehran, Iran
Mailed-by international.gc.ca
Hello,
In response to your concerns regarding the situation in Iran, we would like to share the following with you:
Reports on Saturday that the Canadian Embassy in Iran was turning away people seeking sanctuary are false. The Embassy was closed Saturday and there were no Canadians at the Embassy when the protests began.
We have been advised by other Embassies in Tehran that they did not provide shelter to injured Iranians, as has been alleged.
Embassy staff has made every attempt to ensure services, particularly consular, remain unaffected by the situation. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, including the Canadian Embassy in Tehran, continues to provide consular assistance to Canadian citizens in-person, on the phone and through email.
In case of emergency consular assistance regarding Canadian citizens in Iran, please contact the Embassy of Canada in Tehran at +98 (21) 8152-0000 or the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada’s Emergency Operations Centre by calling collect to 613-996-8885 or by sending an email to sos@international.gc.ca.
Regards,
Operations Officer/Agent des opérations (CEC)
Emergency Services Division/Direction des services d’urgence
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada /
Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international Canada
sos@international.gc.ca
In other words, the embassy is prepared to help Canadians, not injured Iranians if they should turn up on its doorstep.
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