Envoy's Call To Iranians In Canada Raises Fear Of Terror Recruitment -- FOX NewsUNITED NATIONS – The prospect of Iran using its embassy in Canada to mobilize Islamic Republic loyalists to attack the U.S. is raising alarm among terrorism experts after an official there issued a call to arms for expatriates to infiltrate the Canadian government and be ready to advance the interests of their homeland.
Details of the Iranian recruitment program came to light in a chilling interview Hamid Mohammadi, the Iranian cultural affairs counselor at the embassy in Ottawa, gave in Farsi to an Iran-based website directed exclusively at Iranians living in Canada. In addition to raising alarms in Canada, Mohammadi's message got the attention of U.S. terror watchdogs, who noted that radicalized Iranians would be just an easy border crossing from the American heartland, since Canadian citizens do not need a visa and typically face just a few questions from U.S. border officials.
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My Comment: I live in Canada, and I also know a number of Iranians. To put it bluntly .... the Iranian expatriate community in Canada hates the mullahs .... that is why they are living in Canada and not in Iran. However .... it is true that it if a few die-hard radicals in Canada decide to cause harm .... their impact will far exceed their very small numbers.
Update: There are approximately 150,000 Canadians of Iranian descent living in Canada (many of them non-Muslim) .... and not the 500,000 as reported in the above article.
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