Carney calls for diplomatic resolution after U.S. airstrikes on Iran

Mayson Maharaj · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 22, 2025 12:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. subject attacks connected Iranian atomic sites were designed to alleviate the menace of the country's atomic program, and helium reiterated that Iran tin ne'er beryllium allowed to make a atomic weapon.

The premier minister's connection comes successful effect to U.S. strikes connected 3 atomic sites successful Iran aboriginal Sunday morning, further escalating the situation successful the Middle East.

Carney was briefed connected the concern successful Iran connected the level to Brussels for the Canada-EU Summit, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed to CBC News.

In a connection posted to societal media, helium urged parties to instantly instrumentality to the negotiating array to scope a diplomatic resolution.

Carney echoed calls from the caller G7 leaders' associated statement, calling for "de-escalation" of hostilities successful the Middle East and a ceasefire successful Gaza. 

U.S. President Donald Trump near the G7 acme successful Alberta connected Monday, a time early, to code the Middle East situation pursuing Israel's latest attacks targeted astatine Iran's atomic program.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand urged Canadians successful the portion to registry with Global Affairs Canada for updates connected disposable question options.

"We cognize that Canadians successful the portion are highly acrophobic and that includes their families backmost astatine home," Anand said Sunday.

"As a result, we are ... ensuring that we person accrued consular enactment passim the region, including astatine borders wherever Canadians are seeking to leave."

Global Affairs Canada said connected Sunday that Ottawa is "deploying a situation exigency effect successful the Middle East" and that the bureau is assisting Canadians who person requested assistance leaving Iran, Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said allowing Iran to get a atomic limb would person been "reckless" and that actions by the U.S. and Israel to halt Iran's atomic proliferation are justified.

Poilievre said the national authorities indispensable support Canadians from spillover unit successful Canada and instrumentality enactment to halt "intimidation and overseas interference by the Iranian authorities targeting Canada's Jewish and Persian communities." 

Calls for diplomacy

Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council volition convene an exigency gathering connected the substance aboriginal connected Sunday.

Hours aft the strikes, Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the United States of crossing a "very large reddish line," adding that helium was headed to Moscow for urgent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In an interrogation with Fox News connected Sunday morning, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is not astatine warfare with Iran, and helium called for nonstop talks.

"We're prepared to speech to them time and commencement moving connected that," helium said.