Today, by some counts, Canada has the third-largest number of expatriate Iranians in the world and its universities are a top destination for Iranian graduate students. In Edmonton, as across Canada, they include physicians, dentists, engineers and academics. His parents, both geologists, brought Mr. Parseyan to Canada when he was 8, along with his two siblings. After briefly staying with distant relatives in Toronto, they took a four-day train trip to Edmonton, a city about which they knew nothing. He acknowledged that for most Iranians looking to leave, Canada is a second choice after the United States as the preferred destination.

Source: International New York Times January 11, 2020 01:52 UTC