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Human rights activists say the RCMP should collect reports from members of the public on possible major crimes committed by Canadians on behalf of the Iranian regime.
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights wants a “structural investigation” which would see the RCMP assemble evidence of Canadian residents taking part in war crimes and atrocities, or being victims of them, to prepare for future prosecutions.
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The group says Canada should work with allies — many of which already have listed a branch of Iran’s military as a terrorist organization — to prosecute and deport people involved in repression in Iran and terror abroad.
Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumder says Canada could pursue targeted sanctions against those committing violence and their relatives, and jail time for acts of foreign interference.
Democracy activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam Mackay says Iranian authorities’ response to widespread anti-regime protests has shifted from the gruesome violence of earlier this month to a quieter form of retribution that involves killing those involved in protests.
She is among those testifying this afternoon about Iran to the House subcommittee on international human rights.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 2, 2026.
