Apparently that National Post 'flair' story [1] cites Iranian expatriots living in Canada [2] as its primary source. Couldn't bother finding any actual Iranian residents? Or how about looking up the law yourself?
UPDATE:
There is a really good commentary on this story here [3] .
Links:
[1] http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=11fbf4a8-282a-4d18-954f-546709b1240f&k=32073
[2] http://www.940news.com/locale.php?news=2511http://www.940news.com/locale.php?news=2511
[3] http://cal4markwarner.journalspace.com/?entryid=56
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehindsightfactor.com%2Fshocker&linkname=Shocker