Defence Minister MacKay’s Iranian-born wife “pleaded” with AFN candidate Nelson to cut Iranian ties

APTN National News.

  Publicity shot of Nazanin Afshin-Jam in 2007 during her campaign to save an Iranian woman (who shared her name, Nazanin) who was sentenced to death for killing a man who allegedly tried to rape her .Photograph by: Submitted, PNG files.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   By Jorge Barrera
APTN National News: A prominent Iranian-Canadian human rights activist and wife of Defence Minister Peter MacKay says she “pleaded” with Terry Nelson, a former Manitoba chief running for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, to end his dealings with Iran and cancel a planned trip to the country’s capital. Nazanin Afshin-Jam said in an interview with APTN National News, which aired Friday, that she contacted Nelson after it emerged the former chief of Roseau River met with officials at the Iranian embassy in March to prepare a trip to Tehran and address that country’s Parliament.
“We were upset with the fact that the (First Nations) of anybody know the true meaning of human rights abuses around the world,” said Afshin-Jam. “It was quite hypocritical for us to hear that this chief wanted to meet with some of the worst abusers on the planet.”...Continue reading...