An alleged high -ranking member of the Iranian regime has “voluntarily abandoned Canada” days before facing deportation procedures, according to Global News.
Elham Zandi left the country after the Canada Border Services Agency pointed out its intention to expel it asking the Immigration Board and refugees to hold an audience.
She is the third alleged high -ranking member of the Iranian government to start from Canada after being attacked under sanctions adopted just over two years ago.
Global News reported last week that the CBSA had withdrawn its case against Zandi. At that time, officials did not explain why.
But the documents published to the Zandi Global News program chose to leave Canada on February 25, before their deportation case, which was scheduled to begin on March 7.
As a result, IRB closed its file.
Zandi is among the 18 alleged members of the high -ranking Iranian regime living in Canada since the government launched a repression against them in 2022.
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The senior officials of the Islamic Republic were excluded from the country in response to the brutal suppression of women, life, the protesters of the Tehran Freedom Movement.
To date, only one of those officials has been deported, but two others have now been voluntarily, including Zandi. Another is in Canada despite a deportation order.
IRB declined to issue deportation orders in two additional cases and the rest stay ongoing.
Initially, Zandi came to Canada who claimed to be a tourist, but once here, he requested a work permit. When he did not receive one, he sued Canada for $ 10,000.
According to the documents published by the Federal Court, the Office of the Liberal Deputy Patrick Weiler made repeated consultations to the Immigration Department about the status of his work permit.
The deputy of Columbia British said he was not aware of CBSA's accusations against Zandi and was responding to a request from his daughter, who is a constituent.
Iran is the state sponsor of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, which attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, which caused a military response in Gaza and the conflict of the entire region.
He has also been accused of trying to silence dissidents and critics in Canada, including activists and former liberal deputy Irwin Cotler, who was supposedly attacked for murder.
In her report on foreign interference, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue wrote that community members had told her Iranian officials “openly and freely in Canada.”
Iranian Canadian activists have challenged the federal government to do a better job when evaluating the members and supporters of the regime who say they are treating the country as a safe refuge.
The CBSA held a Deportation Hearing Two weeks ago to Amin YousefijamA Toronto Toronto in Toronto Iranian national who has used multiple identities And he was convicted in the United States for helping Iran to evade sanctions.
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