Mr Shahrooz, who ran for a conservative nomination in the Richmond Hill riding of Ontario, accused Iran of spreading misinformation to sabotage.
Kaveh Shahrooz is a Toronto-based lawyer, human rights activist, and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.!
A prospective Conservative candidate has bowed out of the race, taking aim at “unprecedented foreign interference” he says was directed his way.
Kaveh Shahrooz, a lawyer and Iranian human rights activist, had just launched a bid for the Conservative nomination in the Greater Toronto Area riding of Richmond Hill.
He ended his campaign Thursday, accusing the Conservatives of letting “significant foreign interference” by the Iranian regime go “unaddressed.”
“Disinformation about me was amplified by Iranian regime cyber accounts,” he said.
“I was physically monitored and threatened. Our campaign volunteers were afraid for thee safety of their families in Iran.”
Shahrooz said he wanted “additional time to fight back.”
The lawyer is an outspoken opponent of the Iranian regime.
Richmond Hill has a large Iranian community and is represented by Iranian-born Liberal MP Majid Jowhari.
Shahrooz used to be a card-carr