Woman set for deportation to Iran arrested after being deemed a flight risk
MONTREAL — An Iranian woman threatened with expulsion from Canada was arrested Tuesday because authorities feared she was a flight risk.
Roghayeh Azizi Mirmahaleh, 60, is set to be deported to Iran on Feb. 28 after she was denied refugee status because of her ties with an organization deemed by Canada several years to be terrorist.
The organization no longer appears on Canada’s blacklist.
Mirmahaleh attended a scheduled meeting with the Canada Border Services Agency on Tuesday and was questioned about her imminent departure for Iran.