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Source: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-canada-and-the-world-lose-if-iran-wins
As Long as the Iranian Regime Survives, Iran Will Remain a Clear and Present Danger
(Toronto Sun-Canada) Lorrie Goldstein - As long as the Iranian regime survives, there will never be peace in the Mideast, tens of thousands of Iranians will continue to be imprisoned, tortured and murdered, and Iran will remain a clear and present danger to innocent civilians around the world. On Jan. 8, 2020, the IRGC blew a Ukrainian civilian airliner out of the sky with two surface-to-air missiles, shortly after it took off from Tehran airport, killing all 176 people on board, including 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents of Canada. Iran funds, trains and supports more than a dozen terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hizbullah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Houthis, Harakat al-Sabireen, and the Fatemiyoun Division - all designated as terrorist groups by Canada. Despite knowing this, the Canadian government treats Israel like the moral equivalent of Hamas and Hizbullah, with Foreign Minister Anita Anand declaring that, in the latest confrontation between Israel and Hizbullah, both sides should lay down their arms. Our own government says Iranian intelligence services engage in transnational repression of Canadian citizens of Iranian origin in Canada, "including monitoring, harassing and intimidating" opponents of the regime. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has identified credible death threats by Iran against Canadians, including a failed attempt to assassinate former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler. In 2023, an investigation reported that hundreds of operatives of the Iranian government were living in Canada, including 24 identified as members of the terrorist IRGC. Given that Prime Minister Mark Carney has proclaimed that Canada will arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in our country because of the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his prosecution for war crimes, maybe his government could be a little tougher on Iranian terrorists living in Canada.