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Iranian regime official wants press banned from Canadian deportation hearing

Before arriving in Canada, Seyed Salman Samani was a frontman for Iran’s government. He can be seen in photos standing in front of a row of microphones, speaking for the interior ministry. But now that he is in Canada, he wants privacy. Samani, Iran’s former deputy minister of interior, appeared …

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Dozens with ties to Iranian regime caught by Canada’s sanctions

For 12 years, Roohollah Firooznam ran a company that installed and operated security cameras for Iran’s hardline regime. The cameras were used to monitor detainees at prisons where torture took place, and to keep watch on political opponents. Three directors of the company were senior members of the intelligence ministry. …

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Winnipeg’s Iranian community condemns executions, demands action at CMHR rally – Winnipeg

Members of Winnipeg’s Iranian community held a rally at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday protesting the recent surge in executions in the country. The United Nations reports the Iranian government has executed at least 259 people in 2023 so far. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police …

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Rally condemning suspected poisonings of Iranian schools girls held in Vancouver

A large crowd gathered in downtown Vancouver to take part in a Global Rally to condemn a suspected poisoning targeting Iranian school girls. The rally, held Sunday afternoon in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, was organized by grassroots activist group We are Mahsa. “All of the citizens around the …

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Manitoba’s Iranian community holds car rally to support protestors – Winnipeg

The Iranian community of Manitoba held a car rally Saturday afternoon to support protestors in the country. The rally started at Sterling Lyon (lion) parkway and travelled to Shaw Park before wrapping up at Polo Park. Dozens of vehicles took part in the rally with the message of trying to …

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Iranian accused of sanction-dodging seeks expedited Canadian citizenship

A Toronto man accused by Canada’s intelligence service of helping Iran dodge international sanctions has filed a court case against the government for not granting him citizenship. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has alleged Alireza Onghaei took part in “foreign influenced activities … that are detrimental to the interests of …

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Iranian dissidents in Canada say they’re being watched and under threat from the regime in Iran

There are growing concerns from Iranian-Canadians who say they are being threatened, monitored and even followed at protests and outside their homes by affiliates of the Iranian regime who are here in Canada.  “They know the view out of my apartment. They said it was a school. That I have …

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Banning Iranian regime members from entering Canada could extend to family members: minister

Measures to block members of the Iranian regime from entering Canada that the federal government says it intends to pursue could include their family members, the immigration minister says. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that his government is taking steps to use provisions under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) …

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Conservatives call on Canada Soccer to cancel match with Iranian team

The Conservatives are joining a growing number of calls for Canada Soccer to cancel a controversial exhibition game against Iran set for next month in Vancouver. The families of those who died aboard Flight PS752 when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the plane in 2020 — killing all …

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