Newly Sanctioned Iranians Include Toronto Gym Denizen

Newly Sanctioned Iranians Include Toronto Gym Denizen
A motorcycle of Basij, Iranian paramilitary militia, is set on fire during a protest after a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini's death when she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 10, 2022 The Canadian Press/AP-Middle East Images
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Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym.
Morteza Talaei, Tehran’s former police chief and a former general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is among four Iranians and five entities banned from doing business with Canada or accessing assets located in Canada.