The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirms it is investigating how dozens of suspected Iranian officials have been allowed to enter Canada.
In a statement to CTV News, CBSA spokesperson Rebecca Purdy says all Iranian nationals must apply for a visa to enter Canada, at which point they are “carefully assessed” by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
“Our strong response to suspected senior officials in the Iranian regime remains in place and the CBSA continues to take action to stop them from seeking or finding safe haven in Canada,” Purdy wrote.
In 2022, Canada designated the Iranian government one that “engages in terrorism and systematic or gross human rights violations,” barring any senior government official from entering Canada.
Under that designation, the CBSA says 131 visas have been cancelled by IRCC. The CBSA has also opened 115 investigations.
Of those, Purdy wrote, 49 investigations have been concluded, and the remaining are ongoing. A concluded investigation means “the individuals in question were either not in Canada or determined not to be a senior official in the Iranian regime and therefore not inadmissible for this reason.”
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