The “source country” definition is in subsection 148(2) of the IRPA regulations. Certainly Iran would meet some of those criteria. But there's a criterion by which we say it has to be a country where an immigration officer works or makes routine working visits and is able to process visa applications without endangering their own safety, the safety of applicants, or the safety of Canadian embassy staff. So it is difficult for some countries to be put on the source country list, but we do recognize that the source country list has not been as flexible as we would have liked.
On December 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.