WARMINGTON: ‘Hundreds’ of the Ayatollah’s people already here

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Sometimes you see a headline that jumps out and makes your head spin.

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“Iranian Regime Officials Seek Refuge in Canada,” said the banner on Israel’s i24News station.

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What?

So if World War III breaks out or the fundamentalist Iranian theocracy falls, could Canada end up being the landing spot for members of the brutal Iranian dictatorship?

“Our organization, the Iranian Justice Collective, and many other Iranian-Canadians are very worried about regime officials, particularly senior IRGC figures, coming to Canada in the coming days and weeks,” Toronto lawyer and Iranian-Canadian Kaveh Shahrooz told the Toronto Sun. “We already suspect that many of them have parked significant amounts of stolen money in Canada. Many have their families here.”

Wow. This is a major development. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office has yet to respond to questions on this.

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In talking about how Canada has let down Jews since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, retired Israel Defence Forces Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus on i24News warned of a potential onslaught of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Islamic Republic of Iran government officials or clergy fleeing the failing state before or as the Ayatollah falls and settling in Canada.

“They are allowing Palestinians to control the streets, terrorist sympathizers, they are allowing Hamas and the Muslim brotherhood to collect money in Canada,” Conricus said. “I am not very surprised the Iranian Regime officials are finding it nice because Canada is a great and convenient place to live.”

He added “if there is no law enforcement and actual protection of the country, then by all means, why not, it makes sense — Palestinian terrorists, other enemies of the west and now Iranians as well.”

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How many are already here?

“Hundreds,” said Shahrooz, who came to Canada at 10 years old with his exiled family at the hands of the Islamic revolutionaries and now represents victims of that brutal regime including Iranian-Canadian families on the Jan. 8, 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 that was shot from the sky near Tehran’s airport.

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Shahrooz said people working under the Ayatollah’s leadership buy homes and set up lives for the families here for their futures but to also have a soft place to land, should the Iranian dictatorship fall.

“These regime officials may even have permanent residency or Canadian citizenship,” Shahrooz said. “As the Islamic regime falls, many such officials may escape to Canada and live lives of leisure, with no accountability for their heinous crimes.”

Needless to say, B’nai Brith Canada said this needs to be taken seriously.

“Amid reports that senior members of the regime may be fleeing Iran, it is incumbent that Canadian officials ensure that our existing sanctions and designations are not usurped and that Canada is not utilized as a safe haven for those who have demonstrated themselves to be enemies of our democracy,” said B’nai Brith Canada director of research and advocacy Richard Robertson.

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He added “the Islamic Republic of Iran is a designated state sponsor of terror. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp is a listed terror entity. Senior members of the Iranian Regime and the IRGC identified under the Special Economic Measures Act are inadmissible to Canada” and “those wishing to enter Canada must be vetted under the government’s expanded Iran Regulations criteria.”

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The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs added “CIJA is aware of reports circulating about Iranian officials potentially fleeing to Canada since the start of the current conflict. While we have not yet seen any substantiated evidence to support these claims, we remain deeply concerned given Canada’s track record of allowing individuals linked to the Iranian regime to enter the country. We are in regular contact with the Government of Canada, urging the highest level of scrutiny in reviewing any individuals seeking entry who may have ties to the Iranian regime.”

While the prime minister has not yet commented, exactly one year ago, June 19, 2024, then Public Safety minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Canada “has listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code” since “the Iranian regime has consistently displayed a complete disregard for human rights, both inside and outside Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order” and “our government” will “take action against those seeking to disrupt our way of life, here in Canada and around the world.”

But the question is, how many IRGC agents are here now and how many could land here soon?

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