(Global News) A former senior Iranian official facing deportation from Canada told a hearing Thursday he was unaware his boss had ordered police to kill protesters in 2019.
In testimony before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Seyed Salman Samani said he knew nothing about a directive to use lethal force issued by his superior.
Samani, who came to Canada after serving as Iran’s deputy minister of interior, acknowledged he reported to Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
According to the U.S., Fazli approved the use of deadly force against demonstrations that erupted in November 2019 after Iran’s so-called morality police killed a woman for showing her hair.
