(Global News) Canada’s immigration tribunal ordered the deportation Wednesday of Iran’s former deputy interior minister.
Seyed Salman Samani is the second senior member of the Iranian regime to face removal from Canada under sanctions adopted in 2022.
The Immigration and Refugee Board decision followed a deportation order issued Feb. 2 against Majid Iranmanesh, a technology advisor to Iran’s vice-president.
A third alleged top Iranian official caught in Canada has also been sent for removal proceedings.
In that case, however, the IRB has refused to identify him, and has opted to hold his hearings behind closed doors, apparently because he is claiming to be a refugee.
