World News: Ottawa urges clemency for Toronto man on death row in Iran - thestar.com
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1162114--ottawa-urges-clemency-for-toronto-man-on-death-row-in-iran
...”A statement released Sunday by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy urges the government of Iran to grant clemency for Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, 43, a Toronto-area shoe salesman who has been in prison since January 2009. “Canada is gravely concerned by indications that the execution of Mr. Ghassemi-Shall may be carried out imminently,” the statement says. Ghassemi-Shall was arrested on a trip to Iran to visit his bereaved mother in 2008 and later charged with espionage”...
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1162114--ottawa-urges-clemency-for-toronto-man-on-death-row-in-iran
...”A statement released Sunday by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy urges the government of Iran to grant clemency for Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, 43, a Toronto-area shoe salesman who has been in prison since January 2009. “Canada is gravely concerned by indications that the execution of Mr. Ghassemi-Shall may be carried out imminently,” the statement says. Ghassemi-Shall was arrested on a trip to Iran to visit his bereaved mother in 2008 and later charged with espionage”...
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