Bring Our Terrorists Home!

Bill Graham has been out combing the world to repatriate stranded Canadian terrorists citizens. National Post –

A Foreign Affairs official and an immigration officer visited the MEK’s massive complex on May 31 and June 1. Thirteen of the detainees said they were Canadian citizens, while 24 said they were permanent residents and 44 said they had relatives in Canada.
Some of the landed immigrants may no longer be eligible to return to Canada since they have been out of the country for so long. Those with status in Canada are free to return, an official said.
“They have been told that they are totally at liberty to come back to Canada if it is their wish,” said Reynald Doiron, a Foreign Affairs spokesman.

The MEK is designated a terrorist organization by both the US and Britain, though the Liberals haven’t been as judgemental. (Marxism x Islamism, how can you lose?)
The Iranians are none too happy.
Tehran Times – Canada on the Wrong Track

Recent reports indicate that two Canadian officials met with members of the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) in Iraq from May 31 to June 1.
The Canadian daily the National Post recently confirmed the news in an official report.
Over the past year, the Canadian government, which enjoyed an appropriate relationship with Iran during the years after the Islamic Revolution due to its reasonable and balanced policies, was influenced by the media propaganda about the death of Zahra Kazemi. Canada immediately abandoned its logical and realistic approach in favor of impulsive reactions.
It seems that Canada’s diplomacy toward Iran is currently moving swiftly downhill and has also influenced the country’s internal affairs and has caused certain changes in the cabinet. This has led the Canadian government to choose the wrong course of action, namely playing with dead pieces like the MKO. Due to the two countries’ good relationship in the past, the Canadian government should take the following issues into consideration:

Perhaps now that Iran is crying foul, they’ll review the MEK status…

(1) Canada should take into account the sensitivities of the Iranian nation and the laws of the Islamic Republic since it expects the same of Iran.
All the officials and political organs of Iran condemned the death of Zahra Kazemi, and the Judiciary, which acts independently, is pursuing the case.
The Judiciary is making strenuous efforts to find the person responsible for Kazemi’s death, while the Canadian government acquitted the police officer who murdered Iranian teenager Keyvan Tabesh.
On the other hand, Ms. Kazemi was an Iranian citizen and Iran has the right to pursue the case according to the country’s laws.
The Canadian government could have positively cooperated with Iran and promoted mutual confidence instead of becoming influenced by the propaganda of the West.
(2) First of all, the MKO is recognized as a terrorist group in the U.S., Europe, and other parts of the world, while its biggest supporter was former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In addition, this group is practically dead nowadays.
Under the current circumstances, any attempt on the part of Canada to communicate with morally bankrupt terrorists who were on good terms with Saddam, the dictator responsible for numerous crimes against the people of Iraq and Iran, should not be considered a success for the country but rather a fiasco and a great failure for Ottawa.
The transfer of the terrorists from Iraq to Canada could be considered a positive issue for Iran, but it seems that now that the U.S. and Europe have decided to restrict and expel the terrorists after supporting them for decades, the Canadian government intends to invite members of the terrorist group to their country.
The Iranian nation and their representatives in the parliament and cabinet will certainly not overlook even the least support of Canada for the terrorists who martyred the nation’s youth in the cruelest ways.
(3) Canada�s other mistake was recalling its ambassador from Tehran, since there is no diplomatic reason for a government to recall its ambassador from a country to protest against an internal issue in that country. This measure, which was actually a propaganda move, was not wise enough to resolve the current misunderstanding.
(4) Bill Graham, Canada�s former foreign and current defense minister, did not benefit from similar measures last year and his successor as foreign minister, Pierre Stewart Pettigrew, will also be unsuccessful if he continues his passive policies.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has always welcomed the establishment and development of ties with all countries based on mutual respect and the avoidance of interference in other countries� internal affairs, and Canada occupies an excellent position due to its special characteristics.
Now if the new foreign minister and the Canadian government continue to tread the wrong path, they will suffer more damage, and losing the confidence of a great nation like Iran will be their worst loss.
If Canada intends to turn their country into a haven for terrorists to protest an unacceptable act of violence against an individual, no one will praise it, either today or tomorrow. Canada should follow a different path.