Foreign Affairs committee  As we all know, all these authoritarian regimes are banding together. They share intelligence. They basically operate from the same book of repression. They share ways to repress their own people. Of course, they help one another financially by buying each other's oil, etc., and as I mentioned, by providing drones.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't have specifics. I'm not an expert in that domain. I just know that they collaborate, all of these dictatorial regimes and their leaders. We see them meeting. They, of course, have that BRICS organization together. We, as western liberal democracies, need to do the same and band together with our allies.

Foreign Affairs committee  As I said, there have been examples in the U.K., in the United States and in Europe of assassination plots. An activist was assassinated in the Mykonos restaurant in Germany. As I said, there have been bombs at different Israeli embassies, including a few weeks ago in Sweden, and we've had terror here in Canada, and I don't trust....

Foreign Affairs committee  I just know it's a matter of time.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry—

Foreign Affairs committee  That investigative piece found that there were 700 Islamic regime affiliates here, so of course they're among us, but we have to prevent more from coming and we have to deport those who have been defined as having committed crimes against humanity or human rights abuses.

Foreign Affairs committee  I wish I had that answer. In fact, that's a question that we have posed repeatedly to members of Parliament here in Canada, in the U.K. and in Europe, asking, what is the hesitation? There are a few things that come up sometimes. One is that they say that they're afraid of of targeting innocent people, the forced conscripts.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'll just repeat basically what Mr. Dehghan was saying. Inside Iran, as I said, there is no rule of law. There are no proper courts. When they're doing this, they're making an example. Basically, Narges Mohammadi, for those of you who are not aware, is the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a good question. For those of you who don't know, Toomaj is a prominent rap artist inside Iran who is loved by most Iranians not only because of his art and songs but more so because of his bravery and the courage in his lyrics, which touch the population's hearts and minds and address all the social ills committed by this regime, such as corruption and the oppression of all the citizenry.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we should definitely list the IRGC, but in the meantime, we should continue to sanction those who are part of this regime. The Canadian government has already listed a number of officials from the Islamic regime, but we definitely need to add more. In fact, the Iranian Justice Collective has done a new report that we have started to circulate to members of Parliament from all parties.

Foreign Affairs committee  No. Officially, no European country has yet listed it, although the European Parliament unanimously called for the designation. Josep Borrell, the head of the European Council, said that they needed more legal proof that there was terrorism or terror on European soil. There is a lot of proof, so that, I think, is just a political excuse.

Foreign Affairs committee  My French is rusty so I'll answer in English. Under the shah, there was the Iranian army. There were those who were under his.... The army continued on after the 1979 revolution. Many were executed at that point, but some were.... I would say that the function of the army is to protect the sovereignty and territory and, to a certain extent, to protect the lives of those inside Iran from, let's just say, war from outside.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. Even though in April of this year the regime launched 300 missiles directly into Israel from Iranian soil, traditionally they carry out their terror through proxies or criminal gangs. They were found guilty by Argentinian courts for the 1994 bombings of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people, and the embassy as well.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Cyberwarfare is also a huge problem. It's one of the largest and most sophisticated cyber-armies, alongside Russia's and China's, costing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to western institutions, critical infrastructure, high-value businesses and government agencies.

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. I support the campaign to end gender apartheid in Iran. I'm actually a core member, core person, in a group of Iranian and Afghan activists who launched the campaign to end gender apartheid. What we're trying to do is expand the legal definition of apartheid to include not just race but gender as well.