As we've seen from the witness testimony today, we're clearly witnessing a pervasive prosecution and persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran. One of the more disturbing phenomena, apart from the increasing arrests and human rights violations and the like, is the state-orchestrated incitement in the media, the demonization of the Bahá'í as a community.
I'm just wondering whether you observed what appears to have been a discernable escalation in this demonization over the past several months. There is a statement made by Iran's prosecutor-general, Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, which I found rather ominous, where he's reported to have said that the administrative element of the Bahá'í community will be confronted decisively until its complete destruction. So we are hearing language with very ominous tones.
Is it correct to say that there has been an escalation in what has already been a pattern of persistent and pervasive prosecution and persecution? Second, is the demonization a manifestation of that escalation?
Finally, you mentioned, Payam, that the approach would be targeted sanctions in terms of travel bans, asset seizures, and judicial sanctions. I imagine you're thinking not only unilaterally in terms of what Canada could do, but multilaterally in terms of what can be incurred. I'm wondering if you could expand on that.