On the fourth anniversary of the downing of Flight PS 752 over Tehran, activists are speaking out against Iran's efforts to silence those affected by the tragedy.
Critics of the Islamic Republic of Iran are calling on the Canadian government to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
Iranian Canadians, legal experts, and security and intelligence sources say Canada has hundreds, maybe thousands, of potentially dangerous regime-connected officials on its soil.
Canada will deny temporary residency to Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday, citing Tehran's human rights record, after Hashemi was reportedly seen in Montreal. "Based on an assessment of the relevant facts recently brought to my attention, I have exercised my authority under s. 22.1 of the IRPA to prevent Mr. Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi from becoming a temporary resident of Canada for the maximum period of 36 months," Miller said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.