Whose interests is Justin Trudeau serving? Not those of Canadians.
“Ex-Tehran police chief linked to rights abuses spotted working out at Toronto-area gym,” by Tom Blackwell, National Post, February 11, 2022:
Iranian ex-patriates [sic] and human-rights groups are voicing outrage after evidence emerged that Canada had issued a visitor visa to a former Tehran police chief linked to various human-rights abuses.
Morteza Talaei also headed the capital city’s police force when Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested and tortured to death in a Tehran prison.
The ex-chief was photographed at a gym in Richmond Hill, Ont., near Toronto, and later told a European-based Iranian journalist the visit to see his daughter was a private matter and no one else’s business.
Talaei is best known for launching a special unit to crack down on women wearing supposedly un-Islamic dress, aggressively quelling protests and spearheading an operation to seize TV satellite dishes used to bring in Western programming.
Before becoming police chief, he was an officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the politicized military force that shot down an airliner packed with Canadians in 2020 – accidentally according to Iran.
Canada should not be offering a safe haven and “impunity abroad” to individuals like Talaei, said a coalition of Iranian rights groups in an open letter to the federal government last week. The organizations urged Ottawa instead to impose sanctions on such officials under its “Magnitsky” law for punishing foreign rights violators.
“Allowing Morteza Talaei to freely enter Canada sends a dangerous message, a message that is an affront to Iranians who have themselves sought refuge in Canada,” the letter said. “Human rights violators must not be included in the Prime Minister’s ‘everyone is welcome’ campaign.”
Swiss-based Iranian journalist Abdollah Abdi, who broke the story after a viewer sent him video from the gym about two months ago, said he was baffled by this country’s decision.
“I have a lot of questions for (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau,” he said. “This is a scandal…. It threatens Canada’s security when you permit someone like this to enter the country.”…
PRCS says
“a private matter and no one else’s business”
It needs to BE their business. Make it happen, Canadians.
tunde says
About a week ago I asked how I could begin speaking about these things and some of you suggested making videos. I decided to do another one talking about Islamophobia actually hurting Muslims. If you enjoy it please let me know if any feedback you have and consider sharing!
https://youtu.be/Ql4zE1bpBng
gravenimage says
tunde, sorry it took me so long to get back to you.
This video is excellent. It covers important stories, contrasts it with the attention other just potential threats are receiving from the MSM, and delves into their Islamic roots.
It is well presented, well edited, and concise–5:25 minutes is a good length. Good comments from your viewers, too.
I hope to see more of your work here in future.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“Iranian ex-patriates [sic] and human-rights groups”
Who inserted the “[sic]”, and why? An expatriate is a person living outside their native land. An ex-patriot is a person who used to be a patriot but is a patriot no longer.
gravenimage says
Mark, I think the (sic) was just inserted because this word is not supposed to be hyphenated–this doesn’t seem to be some sort of editorial comment. A bit pedantic, but that’s all.
somehistory says
If iran is so very great, why doesn’t he have his daughter visit him there? Terrorists…which he is….shouldn’t be allowed outside a one person cell, much less to enter a country where there are a lot of *free* ladies.
gravenimage says
Canada: Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officer linked to torture of unhijabbed women spotted in gym
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Just horrifying–so much for Canada vetting immigrants.
Will he be deported now? Don’t count on it…
Terry Gain says
Canada does no deport people for merely practicing their religion.
gravenimage says
Torturing women for not wearing Hijab is *illegal* in Canada.
I know this is the claim that if Islam is rightly regarded as a religion, that Infidels have to allow them to practice all of the savagery of their creed, even where it is against the law of civilized nations.
This is simply not the case, though. No civilized nation has laws that say that people can break the law in the name of their faith.
Terry Gain says
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. How can this devout man be criticized for practising his religion? And a great Abrahamic one at that! I thought most people here believed in freedom of religion?
gravenimage says
Terry, this is just silly. No one here has called Islam a “great Abrahamic religion” as you pretend–in fact, Robert Spencer has debunked this canard.
Then, freedom of religion does *not* mean that it is legal to break the law in the name of religion. This has been pointed out dozens of times now, but you always choose to ignore it.
Terry Gain says
GI
You are in favour of denying Muslims the right to practice their religion.
James Lincoln says
Terry Gain,
I think that gravenimage means the parts of their religion which conflict with the secular laws of the host country.
Granted, many “parts”…
gravenimage says
Absolutely, James. I have never said anything else.
Devasur says
Leftist Christians/Hindus/Buddhists/Atheists etc: oh brother/sister why are you dividing people based on religion. Humanity is greater than everything.
When you have such thick skull dunderheads who needs enemies?
John Allan says
I thought that it was the unhijabbed (sic) woman whom was spotted in the gym!
Punctuation serves a practical purpose!
Try USING it!
John Allan says
I should imagine that to be the case!
And not in the least pedantic, when ex- interprets as ‘past’ – as in: ‘no longer’!
OLD GUY says
I wonder how easy it will be for him to walk into the United States, thru our open border with Canada?
Proud Islamophobe says
Turdo’s not going to do a damn thing. and this guy is in an “infidel” gym just for the exercise, right? pfft.