Canadian government reportedly granted former Iran vice president’s son millions in contracts

The horrifying implications of this news should be shocking to read, but those who have been paying attention to Canada’s relationship with Iran won’t be surprised:

• Canadian senior security analyst: If Islamic Republic of Iran collapses, regime officials likely to flee to Canada
• Canada: Pro-Iran NGO president praises Khamenei, chants ‘death to America’ outside US consulate in Toronto
• Canada’s spy agency foiled potentially ‘lethal threats’ by Iran, including plots targeting Jewish communities
• Canada: MP warns dozens of Iran regime loyalists threaten national security, only one deported
• Canada: Opposition official warns up to 1,000 Iranian ‘sleeper’ agents embedded in country
• Canada focuses on “Islamophobia” while Hizballah expands operations in the country
• Iran Expanding Its Interests In Canada, Endangering Dissidents and Facilitating Fifth Column
• Montreal mayor signs quiet deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran

Under a Liberal government, Canada continues to be a worrisome player with respect to both Iran and China.

“Canada gave contracts to Iran VP’s son while investigating role in regime missile program,” by Stewart Bell, Global News, September 2, 2026:

The Canadian government awarded millions worth of contracts to the son of Iran’s former vice-president, despite an ongoing investigation into allegations he helped the Islamic Republic evade sanctions and develop missile systems, documents obtained by Global News reveal.

Since founding two companies in Alberta, an Edmonton resident named “Sal Ghafouri” has received more than $2 million in federal and provincial contracts, including from the RCMP and Department of National Defence, public records show.

The 45-year-old was part of an official Canadian trade mission to Latin America, received a federal business grant and was invited to “propose legislation” to the Alberta government at consultations backed by the province’s economic development minister.

But according to newly released records, Ghafouri is actually Mohammad Reza Ghafouri Fard, an Iranian who has been the subject of a long-running Canadian investigation into his alleged work for Iran’s military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The son of Hassan Ghafouri Fard, an Iranian politician who served as the country’s vice president, Ghafouri was “involved in the research and development of Iranian military technologies,” according to a recently declassified Canadian Security Intelligence Service report.

Before immigrating to Canada in 2013 and going into business as “Sal,” Ghafouri allegedly helped develop a guided anti-aircraft missile system and a jamming tool to “confront American aircraft” for the Iranian military and Revolutionary Guard, or IRGC….