(Global News) Twenty alleged senior members of the Iranian regime have now been found living in Canada, immigration officials confirmed amid an election debate on how best to deal with the Islamic republic.
The most recent is an Iranian citizen scheduled to go before the Immigration and Refugee Board in June after the Canada Border Services Agency accused him of having served as a top official in Tehran.
The refugee board released his name to Global News on Wednesday but later requested that it not be published because his deportation hearing was being held behind closed doors.
Reached by Global News, a Vancouver-area man by the name declined to comment. According to Iranian media, he was an official in Iran’s oil ministry. The CBSA declined to comment.
