Canada threw its support behind the US after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in partnership with Israel.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his backing for Trump’s attack in a statement issued alongside Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.

‘Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security,’ the statement said.

Trump announced the attack in an eight–minute video posted on Truth Social around 2.30am ET, calling it a ‘massive and ongoing operation’ to prevent Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The US President vowed to ‘raze their missile industry to the ground’ and ‘annihilate their navy.’

Carney and Anand said Canada’s position remained ‘clear’ in the wake of the US–Israeli airstrikes.

‘The Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons,’ the statement read.

Canada added it would ‘take all possible measures to protect our nationals and Canadian diplomatic missions throughout the region.’

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