"Mr. Graham also urged Canadians to give Iran a fair chance to conduct an investigation before branding the regime corrupt and unco-operative."
That's right. The whole regime's corrupt reputation should be based solely on this investigation.
Other than this one instance, they're perfectly honest and trustworthy. (I thought Chretien was bad.)
This attitude couldn't possibly have anything to do with trade and money and investments, could it????
Iran human rights body concerned over detainees
World News
Jul 29, 2003
TEHRAN - An Iranian human rights watchdog body has expressed concern over the fate of a number of liberal opposition figures detained in the Islamic Republic in June, the press reported Tuesday.
The Islamic Commission for Human Rights has received a letter from the families of a number of the opposition members detained, saying they had no news of their relatives since they were arrested.
The Commission said that not having heard anything for 40 days, the families' "concern" was "right and understandable".
The news blackout constituted "a violation of human rights and the bodies concerned must provide proper explanations", the Commission added, reformist newspaper Yas-e-No reported.
Such action would have "a high cost for the country on the international stage", the Commission added.
The letter was signed by the families of dissident Mohsen Sazgara and a number of other liberal opposition figures arrested in June on suspicion of plotting unrest.
Three other opposition members, Hoda Saber, Taghi Rahmani and Reza Alidjani, were reported to have been arrested on June 16.
Meanwhile, members of the main reformist student body at leading Tehran university Amir Kabir denounced the "bad treatment" it said was inflicted on "dozens" of its members.
One student, Matin Meshkin, demanded a parliamentary inquiry into the treatment of colleagues detained in section 325 of the capital's notorious Evin prison, and also called for an inquiry by the UN Human Rights Commission.
Several members of the student body, the Office to Consolidate Unity (OCU), were arrested at the start of July.
Among them were student leaders Abdollah Momeni, Reza Ameri Nassab, Mehdi Habibi and Saeed Razavi Faghih.
According to press reports, nine students from universities in the western province of Ilam have been sentenced to prison terms of between one and three years for taking part in the wave of student protest demonstrations in June and July.
However, Yas-e-No reported the release on bail of at least three students from Tehran universities, including OCU member Hojat Sharifi.
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Plus money, You can mention the continuous flow of the high-educated immigrant from Iran to Canada.
They don't want to miss the chance. Many Iranian flee the country and choose Canada to live. They are educated, true and honest people and don't wanna live inside Iran.
Therefore, Canadian Govt. won't let the chance go.
The Iran-Canada trading stats show annual exchange of around US $ 750 Milion.