Mehran Seyed-Emami says it's too important to get his mother Maryam Mombeini safely to Canada and out of Iran to focus on anything else. They thought if someone from the U.N. or an international organization comes [to Iran], they must be spies," Mehran Seyed-Emami said. (Handout via the Associated Press)Since then, the brothers have remained in regular contact with their mother via digital chat apps, Mehran Seyed-Emami said. They chatted digitally, with Mombeini in Iran, Mehran Seyed-Emami in Vancouver and his brother Ramin Seyed-Emami in New York. But Mehran Seyed-Emami said they are motivated by the promise of being together once again.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2018 20:03 UTC