Thank you for the question.
For us, it would mean a lot more security. In fact, the aim of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as my colleagues explained, is to guard and protect the Islamic revolution in Iran and, above all, to export it. My colleagues also spoke of the numerous attacks committed against opponents of the Islamic government. The Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre has listed 540 such attacks over the last 40 years. These assassinations and attacks were fomented outside Iran's borders by the Iranian government with its armed wing, the Pasdarans.
Some attacks have fortunately failed, but there are many threats. Before coming here, I asked people if they'd received any threats, because you hear a lot about people receiving threats and not feeling safe here. I received messages from students in Toronto who said that several of them had received anonymous threats by phone. They were told that they had their photo and knew their identity. They were also told that if they didn't stop their activities against the Iranian government, their families would be contacted and summoned. In Iran, when you want to arrest someone and you can't find them, you arrest their family members. They take them hostage in the hope that the person will come forward. They were also told to forget about any possibility of returning to the country, even if they were also told that, if they ever decided to come back, they would be delighted to welcome them. So there are threats like that, but there are others.
In Montreal, we saw a case where a lecturer at McGill University, Soroosh Shahriari, had no qualms about inciting people to hatred and the elimination of opponents. He rejoiced in the fact that the Iranian government would eliminate its opponents quickly.
So there's no hesitation in making threats. There have also been other attacks. An Iranian diplomat who was arrested in Belgium and sentenced to 20 years in prison was recently exchanged for a Belgian hostage held by the Iranian government. They do this kind of thing. So people feel threatened.