On the controlled engagement policy, Iran's vice-president applied for a visa to enter Canada. He qualified under the provisions of entry to Canada. He had no meetings with any member of the Canadian government. That was a specific policy choice made, that if he was coming for a private visit, it would be a private visit. He qualified under our entry rules as any other citizen. There is nothing in the controlled engagement policy that talks about visas or preventing people who have legitimate access to Canada from entering.
I will come back to question number two in a moment.
On the Bahá'ís, this has long been a priority of the Canadian government, to try to protect this community. We have a very close working relationship with the Bahá'í community of Canada. I understand they came before your committee earlier this year. So we work very closely with them.
Their situation in Iran is probably as bad as any identifiable group in Iran. Even Iranians who are of the reformist bent and who believe their country needs to correct its policies have a blind spot towards the Bahá'í. This goes back to their origins as emerging out of the Islamic faith and following a new prophet, which runs counter to the provisions of Islam. That has made them a specific target in Iran. They are called apostates and they are viewed as threatening Islamic society.
All of this, as we all know, is just nonsense. They are very loyal citizens to whatever country they live in. They are excellent citizens when it comes to education and working in the community. They are model citizens both in Iran and in Canada. So that's something we've kept driving home with them.
In the education system they're being blocked from going to universities, which is a tragedy for Bahá'ís, as they see education as being one of the core principles they must abide by.
In our human rights resolutions before the UN General Assembly over the last six years we have always put forward the case for Iran to respect the rights of its Bahá'í citizens. And going forward into the future, the Canadian government will continue to raise the issues of the Bahá'í and to seek that they be allowed the same rights and privileges as all other Iranian citizens.
Concerning the role of Russia, Russia has been a very active partner in the P-5 plus one. They have supported UN Security Council imposition of sanctions on three different occasions. Given their veto on the Security Council, it is essential that the broader international community work with Russia. They have been cooperative to date. There have been differences among Russia and some of the other members about how far to go, but our assessment is that Russia shares the same concerns we do about Iran's long-term nuclear ambitions and the fact that Russia has no desire to see Iran develop a nuclear weapons capability.
Going forward, there will continue to be a lot of negotiations. We're not at the table for most of those negotiations, but our understanding is that there is a great deal of cooperation among the members of the P-5 plus one.
May I just ask you to repeat the question about the Iran Accountability Act?