Canada lists Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terror group
Toronto Sun, June 19, 2024
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada has listed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, following months of mounting political pressure to do so.
“The Iranian regime has consistently displayed disregard for human rights, both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order,” LeBlanc said at a news conference on Wednesday.
MPs voted unanimously in May in favour of a non-binding motion calling on the government to list the IRGC, a branch of Iran’s armed forces, as a terrorist entity. “As a result of that delay, the IRGC has been able to grow stronger as a result of Trudeau’s inaction,” said foreign affairs critic Michael Chong and deputy leader Melissa Lantsman in a statement.
“They have been allowed to fundraise, recruit and operate in Canada while terrorizing countless Iranian Canadians who fled to Canada to escape the IRGC in the first place.” The Liberals have said in the past that listing the group as a terrorist entity could affect a number of people who had no choice but to be drafted into the organization.
That was not the first time the Commons voted in favour of listing the group: The Opposition Tories pointed out Wednesday that a Conservative motion also passed in 2018, and called the delay unacceptable.
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