Much of the command structure of the Iranian military, as well as its various nuclear facilities, were destroyed Thursday night in a series of strikes by Israel. The Carney government swiftly pooh-pooh’ed the operation, with foreign affairs minister Anita Anand saying “de-escalation must be the priority.” This stance is a little odd given that Iran has been particularly hostile to Canadian interests of late. It was only a few months ago that the RCMP announced an alleged plot by Iranian agents to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former Liberal minister of justice. Canadians were also disproportionately victimized in the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a 2020 flight downed by Iranian surface-to-air missiles. In fact, many of the Iranian figures killed Thursday night are technically terrorists under Canadian law, as Canada considers the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terror entity.