Iranian regime embassy in Canada had direct role in funding cultural centre in Ottawa

                  

A legal battle over assets has revealed that the Iranian regime embassy in Ottawa funded a controversial cultural centre in the Canadian Capital.

A former senior administrator at the vacant diplomatic post in Ottawa has acknowledged in a sworn affidavit that in fact the Iranian regime’s embassy paid the teachers at Farsi school on behalf of a foundation, the National Post reported.

On paper the Iranian Cultural Centre was run by the non-profit Mobin Foundation.

“The confirmation of the regime’s direct role in bankrolling the cultural centre is also noteworthy because of the embassy’s stated intention to recruit Canadians to serve Iran’s interests under the guise of cultural outreach programs,” the National Post report said.

The Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act in Canada allows victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators of terrorism and those who support them, including listed foreign states, for loss or damage that has occurred as a result of an act of terrorism committed anywhere in the world.

Canada has listed both Iran under mullahs and Syria as states that support terrorism.

Since the Iranian regime has long financed, armed and trained terrorists across the world and particularly in the regime, it has became the first target under the Canadian law.

In March, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered sheriffs to seize bank accounts and properties owned by Tehran so they could be shared among victims.

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