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The RCMP has told former justice minister Irwin Cotler that a plot by agents of Iran to assassinate him was foiled.As first reported by the Globe and Mail, the 84-year-old former Liberal MP was informed last month that a plot to assassinate him within 48 hours had been discovered.

Irwin Cotler, a stalwart advocate for global human rights, was informed on October 26 that he faced an immediate threat, with Iranian agents allegedly planning an assassination within 48 hours

Irwin Cotler has been on Iran’s radar for his campaign to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.

The House of Commons has condemned an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler.

Report says former justice minister was informed last month that he faced imminent threat of assassination by Iranian agents, with threat level since lowered The post Canada said to foil Iranian plot to assassinate renowned Jewish jurist Irwin Cotler appeared first on The Times of Israel.