Tehran is escalating attacks on dissidents and rights defenders abroad, Canada's former justice minister Irwin Cotler told local media Tuesday, after revealing he had recently been the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot.

Canadian human rights advocate and former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler — who was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran — says he isn’t concerned about the alleged threats, because he has confidence in his protective detail.

Report says former justice minister was informed last month that he faced imminent threat of assassination by Iranian agents, with threat level since lowered The post Canada said to foil Iranian plot to assassinate renowned Jewish jurist Irwin Cotler appeared first on The Times of Israel.