OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff wants the Canadian embassy in Tehran to do all it can to help those injured in the Iranian government's crackdown.
Ignatieff has released a statement condemning Iran's use of violence to stifle dissent by protesters contesting the results of the Iranian presidential election.
Amid reports of casualties, the Liberal leader urged the Canadian government to do all it can to help the injured at its embassy in Tehran.
Ignatieff says "Canada should join other countries in keeping our embassy open for the humanitarian needs of the people of Iran."
The New-York based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says scores of injured demonstrators needed medical treatment and some of them had sought refuge at foreign embassies.
There have been conflicting reports about whether the Canadian embassy has turned away people or accepted some of them.
Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the June 12 election. But the reformist opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has demanded that the presidential vote be annulled.
