Justice committee  It was 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents, so in total 138 people had ties to Canada.

Justice committee  There are reports that they do money laundering in this country, and if you noticed on the news in January of this year, there was a picture of one of the former IRGC commanders, Morteza Talaei. He was a former head of the police department in Tehran at the time of the killing of

Justice committee  Again, two reports have been published so far by CSIS, and it said that the families of the PS752 victims have been harassed and intimidated on Canadian soil. I can't add anything to that, but we have been threatened, we have been intimidated and this is ongoing.

Justice committee  Yes. I can mention one name that we have been asking for a long time to be expelled from this country, and that's Farhad Parvaresh, Iran's representative in the ICAO. He lives in Montreal with his family. This is the man who denied attacking PS752 in the first three days. This is

Justice committee  When we hear that this legal case takes a long time, we say to the government, “Okay, if you want to wait, give us some good signals, positive signals, that you are serious about the case.” Putting the IRGC on the list is one of the signals. It is a puzzle for us that the IRGC i

Justice committee  A few days ago there was a list of organizations or individuals in Iran who were sanctioned by the Canadian government. I'm shocked that I don't see Ali Khamenei on the list. I'm shocked that I don't see the minister of global affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the list. I'm shock

Justice committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. I thank you and the esteemed members of the committee for having me here this afternoon to testify on the government's obligation to the victims of crime. More than 1,000 days have passed since the day we saw missile attacks against a civilian airliner

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The government has decided to go to the International Civil Aviation Organization, and ultimately to the International Court of Justice. It has decided to not try the International Criminal Court for reasons that we don't understand. The RCMP has decided not to open a criminal ca

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, of course, and it's only me, but other family members as well. I filed a report with the police a few weeks ago. For instance, I had two flat tires on my car when I went to the grocery store. The police came and did some investigating, but the car was not in the range of the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I can start with IRGC and the Magnitsky sanctions. We had a meeting with Minister Joly yesterday. All of the family members were invited to the call, and we asked that question several times. Why is IRGC not designated as a terrorist organization? We see a mysterious resistance

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The victims' families who live in Canada have faced a lot of threats and intimidating actions from the Iranian regime. CSIS has twice prepared a report—this year and last year—saying that the families have been targeted by the IRGC. I can say that the families receive phone call

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  She said that she would go back to the cabinet and talk to other ministers to make a decision about the IRGC. As I said, it is a mystery. We know that in 2018 there was a parliamentary motion to put IRGC on a list of terrorist organizations. They have killed 138 passengers he

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the honourable members of the committee for giving me your time this afternoon. Thirty months have passed since the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, of Iran committed a heinous crime over the skies of Iran by shooting down Ukraine I

Transport committee  We have had ups and downs with things like meeting officials. We have had good days, as Kourosh said. We have had very good meetings with Mr. Goodale and with Minister Champagne in the past. In some meetings, we were really disappointed when we finished, but in some, we thought w

Transport committee  Thank you. I'll answer the first three questions and leave the fourth one for my friends. In our opinion, Iran is not going to tell the truth if there's no pressure. We think that they're afraid of it going to the International Court of Justice, so only pressure can help us. I