Open for signatureElectronice-7875 · Parliament 45

Sanction Iranian telecom firms

Sign on the House of Commons website

Petitioners ask Canada to sanction and investigate Iranian engineering and telecommunications firms and their principals for supporting the IRGC or facilitating serious human-rights abuses, and to review their immigration, admissibility, entry and assets.

Why we would sign this petition

  • Targets entities allegedly linked to the IRGC, offering a legal pathway to hold companies and executives accountable for facilitating human-rights abuses.
  • May deter future provision of surveillance infrastructure used to identify and repress protesters, reducing the risk of further abuses.
  • Uses immigration, admissibility and asset reviews to disrupt potential safe havens and limit access to Canadian financial or travel systems where legally justified.

Why we wouldn’t sign this petition

  • Sanctions require substantiated evidence and legal thresholds; petitioners' allegations may not meet those standards, risking unjust measures.
  • Enforcement could have diplomatic and trade consequences, complicating foreign relations and commercial ties with Iran or third parties.
  • Investigations and removals raise due-process, evidentiary and resource challenges; misidentification could harm innocents and consume government resources.

The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.

Official petition

Petition to the Government of Canada Canada has listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity and designated Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism; Iranian security forces, including IRGC, have been implicated in killing tens of thousands of protesters and civilians in Iran; Evidence indicating that certain Iranian engineering and telecommunications companies have reportedly entered into contracts with the IRGC and other Iranian state and security institutions; Iranian authorities have reportedly used surveillance technologies, telecommunications infrastructure, and monitoring systems to identify, track, arrest, and repress protesters, with detainees facing torture, unfair trials, and execution; Concerns have been raised regarding the potential role of those Iranian engineering and telecommunications companies in supplying surveillance towers, telecommunications infrastructure, and monitoring equipment that may have assisted the IRGC in identifying protesters and facilitating their arrests and subsequent persecution; and Any IRGC cooperation facilitating human rights violations warrants investigation and accountability. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:1. Impose sanctions on Iranian engineering and telecommunications companies with substantiated involvement in supporting the IRGC or facilitating serious human rights violations, where the applicable legal criteria are met; 2. Investigate and impose sanctions on the current and former principal owners, CEOs, board members, and senior executives of these Iranian engineering and telecommunications companies who meet the applicable legal criteria for individual sanctions; 3. Investigate their Canadian immigration status; 4. Refer credible evidence to the appropriate authorities to assess inadmissibility and pursue removal proceedings where legally justified; 5. Take appropriate measures to prevent their entry into Canada where legally warranted; and 6. investigate their assets and financial activities in Canada. 4. Refer credible evidence to the appropriate authorities to assess inadmissibility and pursue removal proceedings where legally justified; 5. Take appropriate measures to prevent their entry into Canada where legally warranted; and 6. investigate their assets and financial activities in Canada.

Government response

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