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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 …

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. …