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TORONTO — An Iranian who invested more than $1-million in a Toronto-based medical company and was set to become its vice-president has been barred from Canada over his alleged links to Tehran’s nuclear program.

The Canada Border Services Agency refused to issue a work permit to Ramin Fallah, 49, labeling him a security threat because he had long worked at an Iranian import firm that was “of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) concern.”

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According to a CBSA report marked “Secret,” between 1996 and 2013 Fallah was employed by Fanavari Azmayeshgahi, which “has been involved with procurement connected to the Iranian nuclear program.”

As a result, the CBSA denied his application for a three-year work permit. Fallah had sought the visa in Turkey so he could move to Toronto to serve as vice president and chief operations officer of Canadian Plasma Resources.

The company made headlines last year when it offered to pay blood donors, triggering a dispute with the Ontario government. In response, Canadian Plasma Resources halted plans to open 10 private plasma collection centres in the province.