Canada has ordered the deportation of Bagher Ardeshir Larijani, a member of Iran’s once-powerful Larijani household, making him the most recent member of the Islamic Republic of Iran to be deported.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) had requested the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to conduct hearings with 5 senior Iranian authorities officers as a part of its efforts to take away Iranian regime figures from Canada.
But Bagher Larijani doesn’t seem like a type of 5: he was expelled from Canada not for any ties to Iran’s rulers, however as a result of he “has not spent a minimum of 730 days in Canada previously 5 years.”
According to paperwork from the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, the 62-year-old Iranian nationwide, who’s the brother of U.S.-designated Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Sadegh Amoli Larijani and former Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, “landed in Canada as a everlasting resident (PR) in September 2017.”
Larijani, a former adviser to Iran’s well being minister, arrived in Canada together with his spouse and son and “his expertise as a doctor certified him for everlasting residence as a talented employee,” the IRB mentioned.
According to the paperwork, he “had hung out in Canada together with his household yearly from 2017 to 2022. He final returned to Canada on October 15, 2022, simply 12 days earlier than the expiration of his everlasting residence card. He was inspected by immigration at Vancouver International Airport and obtained a departure order as a result of he had not resided in Canada for a minimum of 730 days previously 5 years,” which is required by legislation.
Larijani’s son “is now a Canadian citizen and his spouse is within the strategy of making use of for Canadian citizenship. The appellant’s daughter additionally obtained everlasting resident standing in 2017 and has been residing within the United States for the previous few years,” it added.
According to listening to paperwork seen by Iran International, the listening to for Bagher Larijani might be held on November 29, 2023, with the IRB making a choice on January 25, 2024.
“Canada stands with the Iranian individuals as they proceed to combat for his or her rights,” the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) advised Iran International. “The Canadian authorities has taken motion to stop senior Iranian regime officers from looking for or discovering protected haven in Canada.”
But it mentioned it could not remark or present particulars on particular person circumstances as a result of private border and immigration info is protected by privateness legal guidelines and is taken into account personal.
Justin Trudeau’s authorities adopted sanctions in November 2022 banning people with ties to the Iranian authorities from coming into Canada, however the first deportation orders had been issued in February 2024.
According to Global News, the coverage has to date resulted within the deportation orders of scientific adviser Majid Iranmanesh and former deputy inside minister Saeed Salman Samani.