Embassy of Iran in Ottawa
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The Embassy of Iran in Ottawa
is the embassy of Iran
in Ottawa
, Ontario
, Canada
. It is located at 245 Metcalfe Street in the Centretown
neighbourhood of Ottawa, across the street from the Booth House, currently home to the Laurentian Leadership Centre
. Iran moved into the facilities in the summer of 1991, previously they had been based in a building on Roosevelt Avenue in Ottawa's west end. The ambassador lives in a house in Rockcliffe Park, across the street from Stornoway
.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
is the embassy of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located at 245 Metcalfe Street in the Centretown
Centretown
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway Freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the...
neighbourhood of Ottawa, across the street from the Booth House, currently home to the Laurentian Leadership Centre
Laurentian Leadership Centre
The Laurentian Leadership Centre program, an extension of Trinity Western University, offers third and fourth year students, and recent graduates, an opportunity to experience a fully credited semester of study as well as a Parliamentary, communications, business or NGO internship in Canada's...
. Iran moved into the facilities in the summer of 1991, previously they had been based in a building on Roosevelt Avenue in Ottawa's west end. The ambassador lives in a house in Rockcliffe Park, across the street from Stornoway
Stornoway (residence)
Stornoway is the name of the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition in Canada, and has been used as such since 1950. It is provided in recognition of the opposition leader's position...
.