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In February 2011, the news media reported that the screening of the controversial documentary, "Iranium," had been banned in Ottawa due to pressure from the Islamic Republic of Iran's Embassy. Despite all the threats, the documentary was shown in two different places — Archives Canada in Ottawa and York University in Toronto. Many citizens, including students, lined up to come and watch and formulate their own opinions.
The fact that this documentary made the Islamic Republic of Iran's Embassy concerned is a disclosure of the true face of this brutal government's intent to procure nuclear weapons and support. The violations of the basic human rights of the Iranian people during 31 years of the regime's existence, meanwhile, continues to be on full tragic display. The most shocking aspect of the attempt to censor the film, however, was how it was possible that an embassy of a foreign government (Iran), which is isolated in the international arena and has the highest number of opponents among its citizens (within Iran and abroad), can exert its control over the Canadian government.