The Canadian government has not labelled Iran’s revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist entity over concerns the action would have far-reaching implications, sources say.
OTTAWA—The Canadian government has not yet designated Iran’s revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist entity over concerns the action would be overbroad, difficult to enforce and unfairly target potentially thousands of Iranians in Canada who may have been conscripted by Iran’s military, sources tell the Star.
Canadian government officials have “for years” looked at the question of putting the IRGC, a branch of Iran’s armed forces, on the terrorist list under the Criminal Code, three sources said.Canada listed Iran as a state supporter of terrorism under the State Immunity Act in 2012. A senior government source acknowledged there would be challenges to monitoring and enforcing such a terrorist listing, but declined to elaborate.
Since cutting diplomatic ties, Canada has had to rely on proxies like Italy and Switzerland to aid in consular emergencies, such as when Concordia UniversityThe U.S. under former president Donald Trump listed the IRGC as a terrorist entity in 2019 after accusing Iran of continuing nuclear weapons development. President Joe Biden has retained that designation.Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong this week accused the government of doing nothing once the headlines faded.
The Iranian government is not going to “open their databases for us to verify if this individual actually was a conscript, was really a cook, and what kind of combat training did he have, and what mission was he deployed on, and so on,” he said.
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