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Jan. 8 marks four years since the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. Fifty-five Canadians and 30 permanent residents were killed when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp shot down the passenger plane in the skies over Tehran with a pair of surface-to-air missles. While families deal with the ongoing …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Wagner revolt shows ‘weakness’ of Russian regime, NATO’s Stoltenberg says – National
The brief mutiny over the weekend by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group shows Moscow’s “weakness” under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, NATO’s chief says. Jens Stoltenberg, secretary-general of the western military alliance, told reporters in Lithuania Monday that the rebellion by the powerful mercenary organization is a “demonstration of weakness” in …
Read More »Russia summons Canadian diplomat over Joly’s “regime change” statement – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it had protested to Canada’s top diplomat in Moscow over comments by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly about “regime change” in Russia. The ministry said it summoned Canadian charge d’affaires Brian Ebel on Monday and told …
Read More »Iran spying: Canadian firm’s axed 2019 deal raises questions about working with regime – National
A small Canadian telecom service firm is taking issue with a tech watchdog’s report that it discussed working with an alleged front company to help Iranian officials spy on civilians. Citizen Lab, the Toronto-based digital and human rights organization, alleged in a Monday report that Port Coquitlam, B.C.-based PortaOne was …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Exiled opponents of Belarus regime have a plan for victory — and it could start with Ukraine
It’s being called the Pieramoha Plan — the “Victory Plan.” Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The plan for civil resistance in Belarus being touted by opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya — who is in Canada this week and is set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — has received very …
Read More »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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