Iranian

• Saskatchewan residents remember those lost on 3rd anniversary of Flight 752 crash

  All 176 passengers and the crew were killed, which included 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2023
  
• ‘Human Rights Drive’ held in Kelowna for Ukrainian and Iranian communities

  "We can be the voice for those who have no voice, this is everyone's responsibility as a global citizen to stand for those who don't have a voice and choice," said the organizer.

  Canada

  Nov 12, 2022
  
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• Iranian Canadian director prevented from leaving Tehran to attend London film fest

  Director Mani Haghighi said in an Instagram video that he was unable to attend a screening of his film because Iranian authorities stopped him from boarding his flight in Tehran.

  World

  Oct 15, 2022
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• Iran protests: citizens see widespread internet blackout

  The loss of connectivity will make it more difficult for people to organize protests and share information about the government's rolling crackdown on dissent.

  World

  Sep 21, 2022
• Salman Rushdie attack: Mixed reactions from Iranians as government remains silent

  It remains unclear why Salman Rushdie's attacker stabbed the author as he prepared to speak at an event Friday in western New York.

  World

  Aug 13, 2022
• U.S. agents held hundreds of Iranians at U.S.-Canada border amid rising tensions: docs

  The emails reveal 277 people of Iranian heritage were referred for secondary vetting this past January between B.C. and Washington state — more than the 60 originally estimated.

  Nov 19, 2020
• Western University to honour students lost in Iran plane crash with degrees, scholarship

  The scholarship would be based on academic achievement and research merit with preference given to an international student from Iran.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2020
• ‘We are tourists, not terrorists’: Iranian-Canadian speaks out after detention at U.S. border

  Washington state Governor Jay Inslee issued a statement Monday saying U.S. border officials' denial they were detaining Iranian-born people was "not credible."

  Jan 6, 2020
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• B.C.’s academic community reeling from Trump’s travel ban

  Universities Canada says the immigration ban is already having a "real, immediate and profound" impact.

  Jan 31, 2017