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Confrontations between pro- and anti-Iranian regime protesters at a rally in Toronto in March 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

Why the Iranian diaspora is so bitterly divided — in Canada and abroad

Jean-François Ratelle, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Parsa Makvandi, Queen's University, Ontario

Although the connection between the Canadian far right and the pro-Reza Pahlavi movement is weaker than in Europe, growing diaspora violence shows it’s now taking root in Canada.

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