Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said the US violated the terms weeks after signing the memorandum of understanding.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued a notice to strengthen prevention of industrial and other wastewater pollution risks and to safeguard agricultural irrigation water safety. The notice directs upgrades and retrofits of centralized wastewater treatment facilities in industrial parks bordering farmland; inspections and remediation of industrial and livestock‑farming water‑related problems; and requires localities to revise local pollutant discharge standards and tighten emission controls where industrial discharge of characteristic pollutants could threaten downstream irrigation water safety.

Prime Minister Carney said the government is committed to building more affordable housing nationwide and has launched Maisons Canada, the Canadian Housing Plan, to rapidly scale construction using Canadian workers, materials and technology.