Canada reimposes sanctions on 11 Iranian entities

Canada announced on November 10, 2026, that it is reimposing sanctions on 11 Iranian entities under its Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations. Foreign Minister Anita Anand made the announcement in Paris during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers, saying the entities had contributed to nuclear and ballistic-missile activities or related financing.

• The 11 entities include Iranian energy companies, banks and other organisations named in Reuters’ report.
• Canada says it delisted the entities in 2016 after Iran made progress under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
• Anand said the move was part of efforts to press Iran to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog and return to negotiations.

Which Iranian entities are named

Reuters named the Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company, the Nuclear Reactors Fuel Company, the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company. The other seven it listed are Kala Naft, Naftiran Intertrade Company, Bank Mellat, Bank Melli, the Iran Bank of Industry and Mine, the Export Development Bank of Iran and the Iran Insurance Company.

Why Canada reversed the 2016 delisting

Canada says it removed these entities from its sanctions list in 2016 in recognition of Iran’s progress under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. The agreement established measures intended to ensure Iran’s nuclear programme remained exclusively peaceful. Reuters reported that Ottawa now says Tehran has repeatedly failed to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency and has not complied with provisions of earlier UN Security Council resolutions.

The announcement came as G7 foreign ministers met in Paris. Anand said Canada would work with G7 partners and the wider international community towards a comprehensive, verifiable and durable agreement addressing Iran’s nuclear programme and strengthening regional and international security. Canada says it is pressing Iran to meet its international obligations, resume full cooperation with the IAEA without delay and return to negotiations.

What it means

The measures bring the 11 named entities back under Canadian sanctions after their 2016 delisting. Global Affairs Canada says Canada has imposed 25 rounds of sanctions against 237 Iranian individuals and 276 Iranian entities under several Canadian laws and regulations; those cumulative figures cover more than the entities in this announcement. The department also says Canada has sanctioned more than 500 Iranian individuals and entities since 2010 under the Special Economic Measures Act and the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, known as the Sergei Magnitsky Law.

Anand said Canada’s position was that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. She said Ottawa would continue working with international partners toward an agreement. The announcement states Canada’s policy and the reasons it gives for the sanctions; Iran’s peaceful-purpose position was reported by Reuters.