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Thank you, MP Redekopp (@BradRedekopp), for correctly highlighting this failure.
Treating Iranian men who were forcibly conscripted with no choice, no ideological commitment, and under threat of punishment, as if members is unfair and misses the point.
Hundreds of Iranian families now face inadmissibility. Meanwhile, credible concerns remain that senior IRGC figures and regime affiliates are still moving freely in Canada.
The UK and Australia have issued guidance distinguishing involuntary conscripts from voluntary members or supporters. Canada should do the same.
Using conscripts to pad anti-terrorism numbers while genuine risks go unaddressed is the opposite of effective national security.
This approach should be halted. #ConscriptsAreNotMembers
MohammadMehdi retweeted
STOP REFUSING CONSCRIPTS.
Conscription took their youth. The wait is taking their thirties. Report on what the delay does to households.
@CBCNews @CanadianPress @TorontoStar
@pfragiskatos @JulieDzerowicz @SameerZuberi
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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The people in these photos aren鈥檛 asking Canada to lower its security standards.
They are asking Canada to apply those standards accurately.
A person forced into conscription is not automatically a willing IRGC member.
Fairness and security should reinforce each other, not compete.
@nationalpost @globeandmail @CanadianPress
@BradRedekopp @gary_srp @SameerZuberi @pfragiskatos @SimaAcan
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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We are gathering outside IRCC to request fair immigration decisions. Canadian media, your coverage can help bring attention to these families.
@TorontoStar @CBCToronto @nationalpost @JulieDzerowicz
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
Tomorrow's peaceful sit-in outside IRCC in Ottawa is about families, children, fairness, and the need to be heard. We invite Canadian journalists to meet the families and report on their request for a meeting with the Immigration Minister.
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@pfragiskatos @LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @jacquesramsaypl @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @SameerZuberi @amansodhilib @BradRedekopp @SimaAcan @CostasMenegakis @jyduclos @rhondaforoshawa @MarcusPowlowski
@CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews @CityNews @CanadianPress @globeandmail @nationalpost @CP24 @CBCToronto @CTVToronto @CityNewsTO @globalnewsto @TorontoStar @CBCOttawa @ctvottawa
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Strong security and fair treatment can go together. Families outside IRCC in Ottawa support keeping real regime agents out of Canada. They're asking that forced conscripts not be confused with them. Journalists, please help share this message.
@globeandmail @nationalpost @CityNews
@pfragiskatos @LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @jacquesramsaypl @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @SameerZuberi @amansodhilib @BradRedekopp @SimaAcan @CostasMenegakis @jyduclos @rhondaforoshawa @MarcusPowlowski
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Another week, another family that can't plan a move, a career, a future. Fair assessment isn't a favour.
@CityNews @CanadianPress @globeandmail
@jacquesramsaypl @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers #JusticeForIranianConscripts
MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Canada should issue guidance distinguishing forced conscripts from voluntary members, as the UK and Australia have.
@pfragiskatos @LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @jacquesramsaypl
#JusticeForIranianConscripts
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
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These families are asking Canada to distinguish people forced to serve from those who voluntarily joined the IRGC. Journalists, come outside IRCC and tell their story.
@CTVNews @CP24 @nationalpost @CostasMenegakis
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#JusticeForIranianConscripts
MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Our message is simple: Fairness for families affected by forced conscription. Reporters, please join us outside IRCC tomorrow.
@globalnews @globeandmail @ctvottawa @BradRedekopp @amansodhilib
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Behind every refusal is a family living with fear and uncertainty. We are peacefully gathering in Ottawa. Media outlets, please come tomorrow and hear us.
@globalnews @CityNewsTO @CanadianPress
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
Today's protest at IRCC & CBSA emphasizes the need for objective, fair case evaluations. @CTVToronto @CityNewsTO STOP REFUSING CONSCRIPTS #JusticeForIranianConscripts #ConscriptsAreNotMembers
MohammadMehdi retweeted
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These families have found the courage to speak publicly about their fear. Please give them the chance to be heard.
Canadian journalists: join the sit-in tomorrow. Ask questions. Listen to their experiences. Bring their call for fairness to Canadians.
@globalnewsto @CBCOttawa @ctvottawa
@rhondaforoshawa @MarcusPowlowski @LenaMetlegeDiab
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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All week, families have stood in the cold outside IRCC in Ottawa. They've been peaceful, respectful and patient. They're still waiting for a meeting. Tomorrow, we hope the media will be there to see it.
@CP24 @CBCToronto @CTVToronto
@pfragiskatos @LenaMetlegeDiab @gary_srp @jacquesramsaypl @JulieDzerowicz @MichelleRempel @SameerZuberi @amansodhilib @BradRedekopp @SimaAcan @CostasMenegakis @jyduclos @rhondaforoshawa @MarcusPowlowski
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
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How can families move forward when the past they could not control keeps determining their future?馃挃
Iranian immigrants facing allegations linked to forced conscription need clarity and fair decisions.
鈥硷笍Tomorrow, their peaceful gathering continues outside IRCC in Ottawa.
馃毃Journalists, please come speak with them.馃毃
@CBCOttawa @ctvottawa @CityNews
@gary_srp @MichelleRempel @BradRedekopp @SameerZuberi @SimaAcan
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
The Liberals National Security Strategy fails to explain how the government will keep actual terrorists and regime operatives out of the country.
At the same time, Iranians who were forced into mandatory IRGC conscription with no choice are being caught up in the screening system.
That鈥檚 dangerous incompetence.
MohammadMehdi retweeted
Families gathered in Ottawa represent hundreds of affected families across Canada. While some are here in person, many others stand with us from across the country.
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@LenaMetlegeDiab @AliEhsassi
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MohammadMehdi retweeted
STOP REFUSING CONSCRIPTS Tomorrow: Peaceful demo at IRCC. We stay until our voice is heard. @nationalpost @CP24 @amansodhilib @BradRedekopp @SimaAcan @CostasMenegakis @jyduclos @rhondaforoshawa @MarcusPowlowski #JusticeForIranianConscripts #ConscriptsAreNotMembers
MohammadMehdi retweeted
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Behind every file are real families and children living with uncertainty. We gather peacefully outside IRCC today and tomorrow. @annamgainey, please listen.
@LenaMetlegeDiab @CTVNews @CityNewsTO
#ConscriptsAreNotMembers
#JusticeForIranianConscripts
MohammadMehdi retweeted
Why is she there in such a cold weather?she asks IRCC to hear her father鈥檚 voice.
@annamgainey
@CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews
@CityNews @CanadianPress
@nationalpost @CBCToronto
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