Inadmissible by Association The Canadian government's decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization has sent shockwaves through the lives of hundreds of permanent residency applicants who were once conscripts in Iran's military.
Their situation raises uncomfortable questions about the very notion of "terrorist" and the implications of being deemed such by association.
Farzin Jafari, one of those caught up in this bureaucratic quagmire, has a harrowing story to tell.