The Canada Border Services Agency cited examples of Iran's use of violence against civilians since 2019 to convince the federal government to ban top Iranian officials recently in power from entering Canada.
CBC News obtained from the agency a list of evidence it recently provided to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino as he considered taking action against Iran in response to its recent violent crackdown on protests.
Mendicino officially listed the Islamic Republic of Iran on Nov. 14 as a regime engaged in terrorism and systemic human rights violations. This frame grab from video taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian police arriving to disperse a protest to mark 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran on Oct. 26.
"The IRGC has been a terror organization since its inception," said Shahrooz, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. "The purpose here was to establish that Iran has committed a sufficient amount of atrocities to justify the sanctions," he said. "I think the government can very easily do that, whatever the precise cutoff point is."
Iran's morality police arrested Amini in September for "inappropriate attire" because she wore the mandatory hijab "improperly." She died in police custody on Sept. 16. Mendicino also considered evidence that suggests Iranian authorities have "engaged in a campaign of harassment and abuse" against families who lost loved ones on Flight PS752, said CBSA.
CBSA cited nationwide protests in Iran in 2019-2020 — which collectively became known as "Bloody November" — as examples of the regime's use of "lethal violence" to suppress protests. CBSA cited a Human Rights Watch report that said satellite imagery of the demonstrations, interviews with victims and witnesses, photos and videos "strongly suggest that security forces used unlawful force."
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