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Would-be medical exec from Iran barred from Canada over alleged ties to Tehran’s nuclear program

Picture of Ramin Fallah deemed by CBSA a security threat to Canada because of his past employment with an Iranian company linked to nuclear proliferation.

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      TORONTO – An Iranian who invested more than $1-million inside a Toronto-based medical company and was set being its vice-president has been barred from Canada over his alleged links to Tehran’s nuclear program.

      The Canada Border Services Agency refused to issue a piece permit to Ramin Fallah, 49, labeling him a burglar threat because he had long worked at an Iranian import firm that was “of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) concern.”

      According to a CBSA report marked “Secret,” between 1996 and 2013 Fallah was utilized by Fanavari Azmayeshgahi, which “has been associated with procurement attached to the Iranian nuclear program.”

      As a result, the CBSA denied his application for a three-year visa. Fallah had sought the visa in Turkey so he could proceed to Toronto to serve as vice president and chief operations officer of Canadian Plasma Resources.

      The company made headlines last year if this provided to pay blood donors, triggering a dispute with the Ontario government. In reaction, Canadian Plasma Resources halted plans to open 10 private plasma collection centres within the province.

      But court documents show the organization has also encounter challenge with Canadian immigration authorities over Fallah, who invested $1.3 million in its holding company coupled with been picked to take a senior position at its parent, Exapharma Inc.

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