Another senior member of Iran’s regime caught in Canada, CBSA says
Global News
Seven deportation hearings are now underway against suspected senior regime members, but Ottawa will not identify them.
Another senior member of the Iranian regime has been found living in Canada, bringing the number to 16, according to immigration officials.
The Canada Border Services Agency also said it had sent one more of the alleged officials to the Immigration and Refugee Board for a deportation hearing.
Seven deportation hearings are now underway against suspected senior Iranian regime members, in addition to two that have already resulted in deportation orders.
The updated figures are as of Oct. 15.
The Canadian government will not identify the regime members whose cases are still ongoing.
“As a matter of practice, the IRB does not provide information on any cases that are not public,” the Refugee Board said in a statement to Global News.
The cases are the result of a policy adopted in November 2022 that banned high-ranking Iranian government officials from Canada.
The measures were imposed in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained and killed by Iran’s morality police for showing her hair in public.
