Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days. In announcing the suspension of relations Canadian foreign minister John Baird called Teheran the biggest threat to global security. He cited Iran's nuclear program, its hostility toward Israel and Iranian military assistance to the Syrian government. The Canadian foreign minister also said that Iran was a state sponsor of terrorism. The Canadian move was applauded by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The prime minister said that a week after the anti Semitic show and the show of hatred in Teeran the Canadian government is taking an extremely important moral step that should serve as an example to the international community.European Union heavyweights Britain, France and Germany called for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Iran's failure to meet international demands to scale back its nuclear work meant new sanctions should be discussed within weeks. ‏French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said diplomacy was at a standstill. They made the remarks along the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cyprus to discuss the situation in Syria.