I Wouldn't Count On It, Larry

From an AFP report about Canada criticizing Iran's human rights abuses:

...[Foreign Minister Laurence] Cannon also said he hoped Iran's incoming foreign minister, Ali-Akbar Salehi, would signal a change in Iranian human rights policy.

"As we begin a new year, and indeed, a new decade, Canada hopes that Iran's incoming foreign affairs minister will encourage the country's authorities to show mercy and compassion to those who are in Iran's prisons without just cause," Cannon said.

Faint hope.