Iranian Canadian Congress: Federal Immigration Department

Alidad Mafinezam Dept: Now there are talks underway between the foreign ministry and the federal immigration department to address the effects that a devalued Iranian currency and a ban on financial transactions are having on Iranian-Canadians, according to The Star. The issue here is what are the unintended side effects and collateral damage to people who are here precisely because they don t want to deal with these folks in Tehran, said Alidad Mafinezam, a director with the Iranian Canadian Congress and oTTAWA Canada s sanctions against Iran were meant to stop Tehran s ability to build nuclear weapons, but they are also having a devastating impact on Canada s large Iranian diaspora, community leaders say. It s a frustrated community in some cases desperate that has been waylaid by the squeeze on their homeland. Many say the problems could have been avoided if Ottawa had consulted them before pressing ahead with the sanctions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.