Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, on the issue of minorities in Iran, including the Baha'is, I have frequently met with members of the Baha'i community here in Canada to hear directly from them about the situation in Iran, the treatment the Baha'is receive in Iran, and the lack of freedom

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   and special attention that's been given regarding human rights violations. While I was in jail there, Amnesty Canada's campaign enabled me to get out of jail within two years. I want to say that this support was very effective. Universities in Iran are a threat to the authorities

Foreign Affairs committee  , and this applies to women, religious minorities, such as the Baha'i, and the LGBTQ population in Iran. We're seeing a deterioration, and an increase in the brutality and repression of this regime. I'm wondering if you can leave us with a message for parliamentarians in Canada

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have a question, but it is for the ambassador of Iran. I would like to thank the parliamentary secretary for bringing up the Baha'is. In previous administrations in Iran, there was terrible treatment of the Baha'i people. I am sure this government would like

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  -founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre. Mr. Akhavan, who is Baha'i, fled Iran with his family in the 1970s. You have eight minutes to speak. Go ahead.

Foreign Affairs committee   of the other countries that I mentioned, such as Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia or Leopoldo López in Venezuela or the Baha'i in Iran, that they are not alone, that we stand in solidarity with them, that we will not relent in our pursuit of justice for them, and that we will undertake our

Business of Supply   consistent advocacy on our part for the rights of the Baha'i, protection of Iran's Jewish community, and an end to unlawful imprisonment, torture, and capital punishment. Our government has advocated for the rights of women and girls, freedom of speech, the right to protest peacefully

Business of Supply   organizations such as Amnesty International, as well as Iranian minorities such as the Baha'i community. I have met on several occasions with groups of Iranian-Canadians to discuss human rights issues, including the cases of individuals detained in Iran. This includes the Mohammad Ali

Business of Supply   of violence in the Gaza, and for its repeated human rights violations against the Iranian people and Canadians alike. Let me be clear. Iran's blatant calls for Israel's destruction, Ayatollah Khamenei's characterization of Israel as “a malignant cancerous tumor” that “must be eradicated

National Day of Solidarity with Victims of Anti-religious Bigotry and Violence   and sometimes murderous treatment of small groups like the Yazidi in Syria and the Baha'i in Iran. Sixth, the long-standing oppression of Tibetan Buddhists in China, and now the mass internment and widespread surveillance of Uighur Muslims in northwestern China. Seventh, the ongoing

Foreign Affairs   issue that the government is most likely to pay lip-service to. We hear virtually nothing from it about the rights of Baha'is, Christians, Kurds, and other minorities who experience persecution in Iran and elsewhere. The new revolutionary movement in Iran is one of social

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   has in supporting the Iranian people and pressuring Khamenei's regime. We also heard from Corrine Box of the Baha'i Community of Canada, who described the institutionalized and socially accepted discrimination and persecution faced by the Baha'i in Iran, including economic

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, thank you. In that case, let me deal very specifically with the concern I have regarding the Baha'i. As you know, in Iran the constitution protects the Christian and Jewish minorities, and also Zoroastrians, but not the Baha'i. Of course Iran was the home of the Baha'i

Business of Supply   sat in on the Subcommittee on International Human Rights, as he mentioned, during Iran accountability week. We have heard from the LGBTQ community. We have heard from women. We have heard from the Baha'i. We have heard from political prisoners and families of political prisoners

Business of Supply   on International Human Rights has never had more cases of human rights violations as we have had from Iran. In fact, we have Iran accountability week, which derived from our committee for that very reason. This is a regime that kills its own citizens. It targets Baha'is, Ismailis, or anybody