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Canada Dept: MONTREAL - Canada decided to close its embassy in Iran a few weeks ago after spending several months re-evaluating its presence in the country amid growing tension, the federal government said Friday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. They cast the move as a security decision in remarks they made Friday, a day on which Western embassies came under attack in different parts of the Muslim world and canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird leaves the room speaking in Vladivostok, Russia, Friday September 7, 2012. Canada is reviewing the security situation at its embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli in the wake of the killing of American diplomats in the eastern city of Benghazi, says Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Comments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird elaborated on a decision that caught many observers off-guard. Related Items Articles Canada bows to U.S. in pulling diplomats from Iran (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.