Iranian oil executive barred from Canada for being senior regime official
Global News
The case of Mohammadreza Mazloumiaboukheili marks a success for the Canadian government’s efforts to keep Iranian officials out of the country.
A former executive in Tehran’s state oil company has been barred from entering Canada on the grounds he was a senior member of the Iranian regime.
In a ruling handed down on Thursday, the Federal Court upheld the government’s decision to deny entry to Mohammadreza Mazloumiaboukheili.
The 64-year-old had applied for a visa to visit his son in Ontario, but it was refused on the grounds he was part of a regime engaged in terrorism and rights abuses.
The court ruling, which dismissed his appeal, marks a success for the Canadian government’s efforts to keep Iranian officials out of the country.
Almost three years ago, the government of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau banned top-ranking members of Iran’s abusive regime from Canada.
Since then, the Canada Border Services Agency has struggled to deport the roughly two dozen suspected officials found living in the country.
Only one has been removed to Iran, and the Immigration Refugee Board has declined to issue deportation orders in four more cases.
But immigration authorities have managed to prevent almost 200 suspected high-ranking Iranian regime members from entering Canada in the first place.
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