Hiva Alizadeh, convicted in terror conspiracy, challenges provisions to revoke citizenship

In an application to the Federal Court of Canada, the Iranian-born man says the provisions breach the principles offundamental justice enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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He also argues that taking away his citizenship would improperlydeny him the right to vote and prevent him from freely entering andremaining in Canada.

Alizadeh, who is 36, was sentenced to 24 years in prison uponpleading guilty in Ottawa last year to possessing explosives with intent to doharm.

The custodian and part-time student was arrested in Ottawa in August 2010along with two other men.

Police seized terrorist literature, videos and manuals along withdozens of electronic circuit boards designed to detonate homemadebombs remotely.

The federal Conservatives argue terrorism is a crime so gravethat perpetrators are unworthy of holding citizenship.Critics say stripping someone's right to be a citizen is akin tothe medieval practice of banishment.