Halifax Stanfield International Airport

Halifax Stanfield International Airport: The Halifax-based group that sponsored the couples move to Canada met them at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport with open arms on Wednesday, according to CTV. This is not like that here. Here we are free, says Navid, after arriving in Halifax and After years of living in fear of persecution, a gay couple from Iran is safe on Canadian soil. Navid and Hadi, who asked to keep their last names private, fled from Iran two years ago. They say homosexuality is shunned and punishable by death in the Middle Eastern country so they decided to flee to Turkey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.