Cannon to speak with Iranian envoy over journalist

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has called in Iran's top diplomat in Canada over the arrest of a Canadian journalist working in the country for Newsweek magazine.

Cannon will express his concern to Iran's charge d'affaires regarding the detention of reporter and filmmaker Maziar Bahari by security forces on Sunday evening, as well as about the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Andre Lemay also told the Canadian Press that Canadian consular officials in Tehran have requested immediate access to Bahari.