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A group of Iranian-Canadians gathered in front of the Foreign affairs building on Monday Sep. 10 to support and celebrate Canada's decision to close the Iranian embassy here in Ottawa. This event was picked up by the media from Ottawa to Vancouver by news outlets such as CBC the national, Sun news, Ottawa citizen, Ottawa Sun, Vancouver Sun, Herald News etc. This event was organized by the Iran Democratic Association and its spokeswoman told Irava that this brave move will impact the democratic movement in Iran and its massage is that the appeasement policy no longer serves a purpose.

A man told  Radio Irava that he's been waiting to hear this news for 30 years. Another woman who lives in Montreal said that this is a happy news for all freedom loving Iranians no matter where they live in Canada. The Iranian-Canadians danced for hours while as a custom offered Persian pastry and sweets to people who were watching the celebration, such as the security guards at the foreign affairs, its civil servants and the curious passer bys who were watching. Iranian's delegation presented a Bouquet of flower to John Baird's office as a token of appreciations.

Honorable David Kilgour also said a few words commending Canada's brave decision to close the embassy and added that it was time to de-list the Iranian opposition in Canada.

Minister jason Kenney said on Monday that his department will rigorously screens Iranian immigrants for links to the Iranian regime. "We want to ensure that people who may be inadmissible, that is to say those who may be associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ... the Basij or senior members of the regime are not admissible to Canada under Section 34 through 36 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act," Kenney said.

Meanwhile Minister Peter Mackay defended John Baird`s decision to close the Iranian embassy saying Canada will ‘work internationally’ to pressure Iran.

 

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An Iranian-American writer and scholar won in court on Sep. 13.

Mr. Hassan Dai a renowned Iranian who was sued by the Iranian regime's lobbyist Trita Parsi and his organization called NIAC or National Iranian American Council posted on his website, the Iranian American Forum that U.S. District Judge Bates dismissed NIAC’s defamation lawsuit against me. He also sanctioned NIAC for discovery abuses and they are ordered to pay significant part of my legal expenses.

NIAC and Parsi have lobbied against efforts to increase U.S. sanctions on Iran and have pursued other goals that the Iranian government favors, such as protection of Iranian cultural artifacts that are the subject of legal disputes in the U.S. Mr. Dai writer and scholar posted on his website called: Iranian American Forum that "During my deposition and in the motions for summary judgment, I reiterated what I have always believed that NIAC and Trita Parsi lobby for the Iranian regime. Today, after 4.5 years of legal battle, U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington DC dismissed Trita Parsi and NIAC’s complaints against me. Their complaints challenged my articles and reports that Trita Parsi and NIAC lobby for the Iranian regime and their interest in the US. In his decision, judge Bates wrote: "Defendant's motion for summary judgment will be granted, and all counts of plaintiffs' complaint will be dismissed."

 

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National Council of Resistance of Iran stated that the Iranian regime hanged a prisoner in public in Tehran on September 13. Previously a 34 years- old prisoner was hanged in public in Shahroud on September 12 . A group of 11 prisoners were also hanged collectively in Tehran’s Evin prison on September 8. The number of executions only for the period of September 8 to September 11 has reached to 13.

IAEA chief wants Iran ‘to understand the message’

Al-Arabiya, reported on Sep. 14 that  IAEA chief wants Iran to understand the message . Iran should finally “understand the message” that it needs to do more to address global concerns that it wants the bomb, following the U.N. atomic agency’s latest board resolution, the watchdog’s chief told AFP. “This is our objective.... For Iran, cooperating with the IAEA should be in their interest,” the 65-year-old Japanese Yukia Amano said Thursday at the IAEA’s Vienna headquarters. On Thursday the IAEA’s 35-nation board of governors approved with a crushing majority a resolution of “serious concern” about Iran’s nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are peaceful. The IAEA however says repeatedly that it cannot vouch for this, and the U.N. Security Council has passed six resolutions against Iran, four of them with sanctions attached. In a wide-ranging interview, Amano also said that he was “available” for a second four-year term and that the world should “not relax” on nuclear safety despite improvements since the 2011 Fukushima disaster in his home country.

Quake victims facing cold, rains without any shelter

Six weeks after the deadly twin quakes that rocked Iran’s North-western regions, cold weather and rain are causing enormous problems for the quake survivors who remain without shelter, the state-run Asr-e Iran daily reported, adding many people are faced with dangerous illnesses. The Iranian regime officials in the towns of Varzeghan and Haris admitted the earthquake survivors continue to live in tents while rainfall during the past few days has brought about even more damages to their very little property. Considering their need to electricity to use heating appliances, the region’s electric cables are not adequate and new cables must be installed. The regime’s governor in the town of Ahar reported of shortages in “sleeping bags, blankets and restrooms”. In complete obscenity, he called on the people of the region to build schools and homes for the earthquake victims.