Iranian-Canadians
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‘Confusing feeling’: Iranian Canadian activist shares anguish, hope on Persian New YearThe fight for freedom in Iran weighs heavily on the minds of the Iranian Canadian community, casting a dark shadow over an ancient holiday linked with spring and renewal.CanadaMar 20, 2023
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Canada to make it easier for Iranians to stay in countryThe government announced Thursday that effective March 1, new measures would be in place to allow Iranian temporary residents to prolong their stay in Canada.CanadaFeb 23, 2023
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Canadian, American, Iranian lawyers team up to identify IRGC members in CanadaA B.C.-based lawyer has helped created a website to identify and investigate reports of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members living in Canada.CanadaDec 2, 2022
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Iranian-Canadians in London, Ont. protest against injustices in their home countryHundreds lined Richmond Street with signs and flags as many cars drove by, honking their horns in solidarity.CanadaOct 29, 2022
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Death of Iranian woman while in police custody sparks protests in TorontoRallies are being held across the country following the death of an Iranian women while in the custody of the country's morality police.CanadaSep 23, 2022
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‘Mahsa is all these people’: Vancouverites rally over death of Iranian woman in police custodyProtesters gathered at the U.S. consulate in Vancouver, some holding banners bearing Amini's photo and calling for justice, amid chants of "USA don't support terrorists."WorldSep 22, 2022
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PM says inviting Iran to Vancouver soccer friendly is not ‘a very good idea’At issue is whether Canada should be hosting Iran given the Canadians who died on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 when it was shot down on Jan. 8, 2020.SportsMay 17, 2022
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Inadmissible: How a U.S. policy is wreaking havoc on the lives of Iranian-CanadiansMore than a decade after their conscription in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian-Canadians have become casualties of a geopolitical conflict that doesn't involve them.CanadaApr 20, 2022
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Iranian-Canadian tech genius speaks out on Revolutionary Guard’s attempt to make him an informantIn an interview with Global News, Behdad Esfahbod recalls being approached by four plainclothes officers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who had a warrant for his arrest.WorldAug 24, 2020
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Iranian-Canadian organization moves Nowruz festival online amid COVID-19 outbreakToronto organization that planned to honour the lives of those who died in a plane crash in Iran has cancelled in-person events for its celebration of the Persian New Year due to COVID-19.CanadaMar 13, 2020
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