Canadian sanctions against Iranian company don't cover board member with business interest in B.C. | CBC News

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An Iranian businessman who owns shares and sits on the board of a private Tehran-based company that has been sanctioned by Canada for co-ordinating the transport of weapons to Russia has a registered company in B.C., The Fifth Estate has learned.

Nahvi is also listed on the boards of other Iranian companies that appear to be part of the same Safiran group, including Safiran Freight and Cargo Services, which continues to advertise shipping services to Canada online. According to Iranian corporate governance rules, only shareholders of private companies can be members of the board, although they are not required to disclose the number of shares they own.

Tehran-based Safiran Freight and Cargo Services, which appears to be part of the same Safiran group, continues to advertise shipping services to Canada online. She said her family was not connected to the government of the Islamic Republic and directed questions about Safiran to Mohammad Nahvi. "Merely sanctioning a company will likely not achieve that. What you need to do is put pressure on the people who run the company in order to get them to change their behaviour."In reaction to the Iranian regime's crackdown against human rights protesters last fall, the Canadian government introduced a number of sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities. The measures announced on Oct.

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Canada is the sanction king of the world? Only the weak indulge in these sanctions over and over again.

of course.

So he's helping Russia defeat the Nazis, a hero in other words. NATO on the other hand is a Nazi supporter as is the CBC , CSIS needs to investigate perhaps?

Trudeaus Mickey Mouse foreign sanctions are only meant to hurt Canadian consumers and citizens.

What where the hell is CSIS do they exist wtf

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