Grassroots group chipping away at Iran’s network in Canada

(Iran International) A grassroots group of lawyers and concerned Iranians in Canada is working to disrupt Iranian government influence operations in the country with the community’s help.

StopIRGC’s efforts, however, are insufficient to shut the open path the clerical regime in Tehran has managed to build into Canada. The Canadian government must take action, [Mojdeh] Shahriari, a cofounding member, told Iran International.

Since the death of Mahsa Amini in the hands of morality police in Tehran in September 2022, the coalition of lawyers has been trying to do its part to track the Islamic Republic’s agents, who spy on anti-regime activists, intimidate participants at “Woman, Life, Freedom” demonstrations and engage in money laundering and sanctions evasion on Canadian soil.

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