Jan 15 (Reuters) – A Canadian citizen has died in Iran at the hands of the Iranian authorities, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in a social media post on Thursday, but did not give details of how or when.

“Peaceful protests by the Iranian people – asking that their voices be heard in the face of the Iranian regime’s repression and ongoing human rights violations – has led the regime to flagrantly disregard human life,” she said.

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Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones, writing by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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