Thank you, and I also thank the guests for joining us on such short notice.
One of the things we often see in evidence given to this committee is that totalitarian regimes often resort to scapegoating or demonizing people. In a sense it's a sleight of hand, using the nuclear issue to mask the kinds of crimes that are taking place.
I was particularly concerned when Professor Akhavan spoke of Iranian agents functioning in Canada. That's something I'm sure Canadians as a whole would be repulsed by and very concerned about.
When you spoke of targeted sanctions, I had an immediate flashback to the failure of sanctions in Iraq when the population paid such a huge price, with hundreds of thousands of children dying. I'm nervous about that one.
I certainly accept your proposal to engage the Commonwealth nations. They're respected worldwide, and as a tactic I think that's very important. But we're talking about capital offences, and in this particular culture these people are in very imminent danger. I think this committee should respond today with some kind of very clear message coming out of here.
I have a very minor question, in light of what I've just said. On the maligning of these folks in all the publications, I don't know what level of active Internet traffic there is in that country, but are they blocking and controlling that as well?