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Ottawa says ‘IRGC officials are inadmissible to Canada’ after Iranian soccer officials leave country
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTORONTO, Canada — Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “have no place” in Canada, Ottawa says, after top Iranian officials left the country before a FIFA Congress, citing the conduct of immigration officers.
Iranian outlets reported that the nation’s football federation’s president, secretary general, and deputy secretary general left Canada after being mistreated at Toronto’s airport on route to the FIFA meeting in Vancouver.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it could not comment on specific cases due to privacy, but added: “IRGC officials are inadmissible to Canada.”
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