Canadian embassy in Tehran denying visas to two dissidents

Saead Soltanpour
by Saead Soltanpour
08-May-2009
 

Ms. Susan Scarlet
Immigration and Citizenship Section
Canada Embassy
Tehran

Dear Ms. Scarlet,

I am writing to you to request to have your comments on denial of entry visas to two prominent Iranian dissidents: scholar and writer Mr. Reza Alijani and women's rights activist Ms. Shadi Sadr. They were invited to attend an international research conference at York University.

Meanwhile you have granted a visa to the I.R.I. Vice President.

The rejection of the visas for theses dissents along with Mr. Hassan Yousfei Eshkevari, is disappointing us as Canadian Iranian journalists who enjoy every single day of our lives IN A FREE SOCIETY.  Canadian principals for human rights and democracy are non-political issues. In last 100 years, Toronto and Canada have been a safe place for the writers who have prosecuted abroad -- from Irish descents to Iranian.   

Thank you for your time to respond.

Yours truly,  

Saeed Soltanpour
TV host “Glass Ceiling“
Iranian TV Canada -24 satellite TV -

www.itctv.ca
   

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Actually, they should

by AnonymousAgha (not verified) on

Proclaim they are members of the Iranian "opposition" (translation: Rajavist and Pahlavist gangs or terrorists and cutthroats of Pejak, Jundollah or "Ahwazi" bombers). That way, they can count on U.S. government funding and the support of the "Iranian community" in the so-called Diaspora.

MRX1, please learn to spell "palestenians" and "recieve". Consult a dictionary.


Souri

Mr Spltanpour, I'd already posted about PLAQ, here

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Canada Has enough ...

by ./. (not verified) on

Apparently canada has enough "liars" and does not need any more. They want to get some "straight" folks there now. People who don't lie.


MRX1

They should

by MRX1 on

proclaim they are palestenians, this way if they don't get the visa they can recieve money from our beloved regime in Tehran.