{"id":12096,"date":"2012-07-11T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T16:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/12096-dont-interfere-ottawa-warns-embassy-after-accusations-iran-is-recruiting-expats-in-canada"},"modified":"2023-02-13T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:53:10","slug":"dont-interfere-ottawa-warns-embassy-after-accusations-iran-is-recruiting-expats-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/dont-interfere-ottawa-warns-embassy-after-accusations-iran-is-recruiting-expats-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t interfere\u2019: Ottawa warns embassy after accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-38914\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"kathryn-blaze-carlson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/kathryn-blaze-carlson.jpg\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/07\/11\/dont-interfere-ottawa-warns-embassy-after-accusations-iran-is-recruiting-expats-in-canada\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathryn Blaze Carlson-Jennifer Campbell <\/a>\/ The Ottawa Citizen<br \/>\nA spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday that the Iranian Embassy (pictured) &#8220;should not interfere&#8221; in Iranian-Canadians&#8217; choices.<br \/>\nCanada\u2019s Foreign Affairs department issued a warning Tuesday to Iranian diplomats who are allegedly using their Ottawa embassy to recruit Iranian-Canadians to serve the Islamic Republic\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIranian-Canadians have rejected the oppressive Iranian regime and have chosen to come to Canada to build better lives,\u201d a spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said in a statement to the National Post. \u201cThe Iranian Embassy should not interfere in their choices. Canadian security organizations will act to prevent threats and intimidation of Canadians.\u201d<br \/>\nNews of the alleged mobilization effort emerged this month in a Farsi-language interview given by Hamid Mohammadi, a cultural affairs counsellor attached to the Iranian embassy in Ottawa, to an Iran-based website directed at Iranian expatriates in Canada. In his interview with Iranians Residing Abroad, Mr. Mohammadi apparently urged Iranian-Canadians to \u201coccupy high-level key positions\u201d and \u201cresist being melted into the dominant Canadian culture.\u201d<br \/>\nThe embassy is in and of itself a menace to public safety and our national interests; it should have been closed down yesterday<br \/>\nMr. Mohammadi, who estimated the Iranian-Canadian population at 500,000, said recent Iranian immigrants have \u201cdecisively preserved strong attachments and bonds to their homeland,\u201d while the \u201cyounger second generation\u201d is already \u201cworking in influential government positions.\u201d<br \/>\nMost ominously, he mapped out how he says his country plans to recruit Iranian-Canadians under the guise of a cultural outreach program: \u201cBy 2031, the total immigrant population of Canada will increase by 64%, and the number of Iranians will increase due to birthrate,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, therefore, we need to put into effect very concentrated cultural programs in order to enhance and nurture the culture in this fast-growing population. It is obvious that this large Iranian population can only be of service to our beloved Iran through these programs and gatherings.\u201d<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Iran\u2019s top diplomat to Canada said his embassy is following Canadian and international laws, outright dismissing Tuesday\u2019s Ottawa Citizen report that Iranian-Canadians are being enlisted to serve Tehran.<br \/>\n\u201cWe strongly dismiss baseless allegations by [some] media that [the] \u2018Iranian Embassy has been recruiting ethnic Iranians in Canada to be of service to Iran,\u2019\u201d Kambiz Sheikh-Hassan, the Iranian charge d\u2019affaires, said in a statement.<br \/>\nExperts say Mr. Mohammadi\u2019s startlingly blunt interview has not only jeopardized Canada\u2019s national security reputation abroad, but also sparked very real fears of espionage, terrorist recruitment and a possible attack on the U.S. from north of the border.<br \/>\n\u201cThe embassy is in and of itself a menace to public safety and our national interests; it should have been closed down yesterday,\u201d said former CSIS intelligence operative David Harris, who is director of the international and terrorist intelligence program at Insignis Strategic Research Inc. \u201cI think we\u2019re at grave risk of being considered a problem-state rather than a serious ally to those countries to which we have been closest.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen you become a Canadian citizen, virtually no one can touch you, and so these people can easily get to the United States<br \/>\nRick Roth, Mr. Baird\u2019s spokesperson, said \u201cit is well known that Iran is a serious threat to global peace and security,\u201d and Mr. Harris testified a year ago before a Senate committee that the regime had already established an \u201caggressive presence\u201d in Ottawa by \u201cvariously relying on, and victimizing, its expatriates.\u201d<br \/>\nEven well-intentioned Iranian newcomers are at risk of being recruited, Mr. Harris said: If Iranian officials and loyalists manage to get their hands on details about an immigrant\u2019s family back in Iran, that information could be leveraged to coerce the newcomer into becoming a spy.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have to be on the alert for adversaries who seek to exploit fellow Canadians for their own advantage,\u201d said Martin Rudner, the founding director of Carleton University\u2019s Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies. \u201cI could picture the Iranian embassy making a phone call to an individual who doesn\u2019t necessarily want to help them and say something along the lines of, \u2018You have relatives back in Iran, and those relatives could be in jeopardy if you don\u2019t help us.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nOttawa is officially tough with Iran, maintaining a Controlled Engagement Policy that forbids the country from opening consulates or cultural centres outside Ottawa. But Iranian immigrants active against the Tehran regime say an \u201ceducation advisory\u201d section of Iran\u2019s embassy is the main sponsor of a three-day Iranian Students Convention planned for this summer in Cornwall, Ont. And a 2010 Maclean\u2019s magazine report exposed an Iranian cultural centre in Toronto as having been founded by a well-connected Iranian diplomat and funded by Iran\u2019s Ottawa embassy.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen you become a Canadian citizen, virtually no one can touch you, and so these people can easily get to the United States,\u201d said Shabnam Assadollahi, an Ottawa-based Iranian-Canadian who helped translate the Mohammadi interview as part of her activism against the Iranian regime.<br \/>\n\u201cThe only solution is to close the Iranian embassy in Ottawa,\u201d Ms. Assadollahi said.<br \/>\nNational Post, with files from Postmedia News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathryn Blaze Carlson-Jennifer Campbell \/ The Ottawa Citizen A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Tuesday that the Iranian Embassy (pictured) &ldquo;should not interfere&rdquo; in Iranian-Canadians&rsquo; choices. 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