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To escape religious persecution in Iran, Christian convert Artemis Ghasemzadeh (28) fled to the US ...

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An incredible story. The Iranian Christian woman who wrote "help" on the glass on the hotel in Panama has finally found permanent safety; in Canada. The Trump admin deported her to Panama soon after taking office, rather than let her seek asylum. Read her story ðŸ'‡ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w ...

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-- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 6:24 PM · Aug 25, 2026

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"Following her arrival at the US southern border in late 2024, Artemis Ghasemzadeh was detained and ultimately deported to Panama by the satanic Trumpf junta in early 2025. This experience left her stranded in a foreign environment, turning her into a prominent face for migrant rights advocacy. In July 2025, the Canadian government granted her asylum and found her a new home on Denman Island. Ms. Ghasemzadeh expressed profound relief and gratitude as she begins this new chapter, noting that her long struggle for safety and stability has finally concluded."

Map: Denman Island, British Columbia

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Link: Canadian immigration data for 2025

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-26 04:35 AM | Reply

Canada and Ukraine are like Americans used to be.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-26 09:28 AM | Reply

Trump's War On Christianity continues.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-26 09:40 AM | Reply

This nation has turned into a pile of ---- right from his rancid mouth.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-26 10:52 AM | Reply

An Iranian persecuted for being Christian? Trump really messed up some good PR. How far America has come from what it once stood for.

Nice plot twist, though. She's going to love living on Denman Island. Beautiful, quiet and peaceful but only minutes away from the mainland(which is also and island haha).

#5 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-08-26 12:44 PM | Reply

*also an island

#6 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-08-26 12:45 PM | Reply

*also an island

And an expensive one to live on.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-08-26 12:50 PM | Reply

If this country had only tried to emulate Canada more, we wouldn't have Yaba in office right now.

#8 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-08-26 03:19 PM | Reply

Canada is what the US could have been: Less than 300 gun homicides a year, universal healthcare, protected natural resources, police oversight.

Lotsa luck to Artemis in her new home.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-26 03:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Canada, a clearly functioning nation, is doing much better under PM Mark Carney than with the amiable Justin Trudeau (L).

PM Carney recognized the State of Palestine, unlike Trudeau who was intimidated by the filthy Benjamin Netanayahu and Canada's version of AIPAC.

The Canadian Parliament has their version of AIPAC pod-person Jared Moskowitz/Chuck Schumer.

Anthony Housefather (L) represents a well-to-do riding in Montreal and therefore makes money in a safe seat pushing ethnic cleansing on Canadians.


"FUNNY"

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-26 04:36 PM | Reply

Inexplicably, America's immediate neighbor to the south -- Mexico -- who will provide universal healthcare for all 131.74 million of her people in 2027 -- has not fighting off a pod-person invasion of their body politic and society like here in the US.

Strange.


"FUNNY"

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-26 05:19 PM | Reply

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