OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that it plans to lift its sanctions on Iran now that an international deal has been reached on Tehran's nuclear programme, but gave no details.
Ending the sanctions would allow Canadian firms like plane maker Bombardier Inc to bid for Iranian contracts.
The United States, the European Union and other major nations have already lifted their own punitive measures, meaning Ottawa had little choice but to follow suit.
"Canada will lift its sanctions but what Canada will maintain is our suspicion of a regime ... that must not return to (trying to obtain) nuclear weapons," Foreign Minister Stephane Dion told the House of Commons on Tuesday.
Dion also said Iran had a poor human rights record and was not a friend of Canadian allies such as Israel.
Canada's foreign ministry had previously said it was reviewing the sanctions and would ensure any move to relax them did not allow Iran to trade in nuclear and ballistic missiles technologies.
(Reporting by Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Sandra Maler)
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