Iranian press review: Outrage over former IRGC commander's vacation in Canada

Ex-IRGC commander's Canada vacation angers Iranians

Footages of an ultra-hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander exercising in a fitness club in Canada sparked anger among Iranians, who highlighted his role in the brutal crackdown on students and widespread arrest of women for not wearing the hijab.

Last week, a short video and several photos went viral on Farsi social media showing Brigadier General Morteza Talaei in a mixed gym. Abdollah Abdi, an independent Iranian journalist who first published the video, said that the video was recorded in Greater Toronto’s Richmond Hill.