I know you're always getting mixed up. I understand, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for being here, and thank you for this important testimony.
I brought forward the motion to do this study in this committee because of what we saw during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and the calls that I've heard from members of my community, members of the Iranian community who have been asking for this work to be done. Your advocacy over the last number of months and years has been vital for us to be able to do the work.
The goal of this study is to find out what Canada can do, what more Canada needs to do, to help support Iranian Canadians and help support Iranians who are having their human rights taken away from them.
You spoke about the disproportionate impact on women, the gender apartheid that we see against women. Just this morning, actually, I saw online that there are political prisoners, women political prisoners in Evin Prison, who have requested that Narges Mohammadi have her trial undertaken in public.
For me, I'm interested.... You talked a little bit about the use of torture and how the regime is doing things in secrecy to inflict pain and suffering on the Iranian people. In this particular situation, can you talk a little bit about why it's so important that this trial is done in public, and what that indicates for how this regime is working right now?
Perhaps I would start with you, Mr. Dehghan.