पहले एंट्री दी, फिर वापस भेजा! ईरानी फुटबॉल प्रमुख को लेकर कनाडा में सियासी विवाद – Iran Football Chief Mehdi Taj Sent Back from Canada Amid IRGC Row ntc dpmx

Iran Football Federation head Mehdi Taj was deported just hours after arriving in Canada. News website Iran International gave this information quoting a Canadian government source. According to the report, Mehdi Taj reached Canada at 10:05 pm on Tuesday night, but after reaching there, the authorities interrogated him and then returned him.

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Taj and two other people accompanying him Canada Permission to enter was granted earlier. According to sources, he was issued a Temporary Residence Permit (TRP), which can overturn a decision declaring someone inadmissible for entry into the country under Canadian law. After this revelation, political turmoil intensified in Ottawa.

Leader of the opposition in the Parliament of Canada, Leonidas Houssakos, reacted strongly to this matter. He raised the question that when Canada has declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization since 2024, then how was anyone associated with it allowed to enter the country?

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After Canada declares IRGC as a terrorist organization, the government gets the right to seize the assets of people associated with it and ban their entry. In such a situation, this special permission given to Mehdi Taj has become a cause of controversy. Taj was scheduled to visit Vancouver, where he was scheduled to attend the FIFA Congress on April 30, which was to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Residents in Canada outside the venue iranThe community had also planned a protest. Mehdi Taj started his career as the IRGC’s intelligence commander in Isfahan after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, where his role involved monitoring internal opposition, especially the Kurdish population. Now, with his sudden deportation, the question is being raised as to why he was allowed to enter Canada at all, whereas according to the country’s law, strict restrictions are imposed on persons associated with IRGC.

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