It has been reported that there are growing fears that as many as 1,000 Iranians associated with the regime may be trapped across Canada.
Members of the IRGC – the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was designated a foreign “terrorist” organization by the US in 2019 – are behind a number of attacks across Europe and the US.
Canadian opposition MP Michelle Rempel Garner described the number of former members in the country as “a huge problem”.
“This is not just a concern for our country, it is also a concern for our security partners and allies,” he said.
The Canadian government has identified 32 high-ranking Iranian officials living in the country and earmarked them for deportation. NY Post Informed.
Top members of the Iranian regime in the country reportedly include Abbas Omidi, who was charged with being the deputy head of exploration at Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade from November 2019 to 2021.
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) wants Omidi deported from the country for allegedly working as a high-ranking official in the Iranian regime.
Afshin Pirnoun, the former director general of Iran’s roads ministry, was allowed to stay in the country after the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board blocked the border protection agency’s request to deport him last year.
At the time it was alleged that he did not exert “significant influence” on Iran’s totalitarian government.
So far only one Iranian official, whose name has not been reported, has been expelled from the country. The Toronto Star reported.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangare said last week that the number of IRGC members in the country is “unconfirmed.”
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has canceled 239 visas of potential Iranian officials as of March 5, according to a statement.
Since the US and Israel started war on Iran, Western security services, including Europol, have warned of a growing terrorist threat targeting Jewish and Israeli sites.
The International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) warned that these concerns “appear to be materializing.”
“since On March 9, a series of attacks directed primarily at Jewish sites destabilized Europe.” ICCT said in a report published earlier this week.
“The first incident occurred in the early hours of March 9, when an improvised explosive device (IED) An explosion was carried out in front of a synagogue In the city of Liège, Belgium.
“Although the explosion caused no casualties and only limited damage, Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever described it as ‘an attack on our values and our society’.
“Since then, there have been attacks in the Netherlands, and most recently in London on 23 March, when four cars belonging to a volunteer Jewish ambulance service were Set on fire.“
Concerns about Iran’s potential involvement in these attacks, particularly in light of the observed online patterns, are not unfounded, given Iran’s long-standing history of conducting hybrid operations abroad.
a recent study 218 Iranian external operations identifiedIncluding murders, kidnappings, threats and surveillance conspiracies since 1979, 102 of which took place in Europe.
