The Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC) is devastated and gravely concerned regarding the ongoing spread and escalating severity of criminal threats and acts of violence by extremists against members of the Iranian Canadian community. Iranian Canadians who believe in non-violent, sustainable, and indigenous progress and oppose foreign meddling, war, coup d'état and installation of a foreign puppet monarchy in Iran, as well as those who are visibly Muslim and attending Islamic Centers, have been particularly targeted. We had warned about a coordinated campaign of harassment and violence against Iranian Canadians in a previous ICC statement. 

 Below are only a few examples of harassment and physical violence that have been reported to the Iranian Canadian Congress to date:  

 In British Columbia, an Iranian Canadian political activist who had sued Reza Pahlavi and received a wave of vile death threats from monarchist extremists has gone missing as of February 6th. RCMP officials have stated they believe criminality is involved in the disappearance.  

• In Alberta, a mob of monarchist extremists attacked an Iranian Islamic Centre on February 7th and brutally assaulted two Iranian Canadians in attendance. This incident resulted in the hospitalization of one of the victims and terrorized the entire congregation. Local police department had been alerted in advance of the threats against the specific Islamic Centre and event, yet they ignored the warnings and failed to protect their community. 

• In British Columbia, a senior Muslim woman who volunteers at the local Iranian Islamic Centre was targeted and physically assaulted in January 2026. 

• Many Iranian Canadians have received vile threats of violence including death threats from monarchist extremists since 2025. 

• Multiple Iranian Canadian-owned businesses in the provinces of British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta and Quebec have been threatened and coerced to display the monarchist flag in their stores since January 2026. 

 The ICC reiterates its concerns for the safety and security of the Iranian Canadian community and calls for the protection of their democratic rights to freedom of expression, religion, association and peaceful assembly. We urge the Canadian Department of Justice, RCMP, and local police departments to investigate the coordinated campaign of threats and acts of violence against our community members, take credible threats of violence seriously before they are manifested as acts of violence, and bring violent offenders to justice. 

We express our heartfelt sympathy to all Iranian Canadians during this trying time and look forward to brighter days ahead. 

The Iranian Canadian Congress