The Conservatives have been calling for the government to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity
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Asked to explain why the government hasn’t declared the IRGC a terrorist entity in an interview earlier in the day, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in an interview that Trudeau would have more to say on that topic later in the afternoon. Trudeau announced that Canada is pursuing a listing of the Iranian regime, including the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, under the most powerful provision of federal immigration laws.Article content
Trudeau said this has been used against regimes that committed war crimes or genocide, such as in Bosnia and Rwanda, and will “raise the bar internationally in holding Iran accountable.” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will also expand its sanctions and hold members of the Revolutionary Guard, which she called a “terrorist organization,” to account.Trudeau also says the federal government will create a new sanctions bureau and allocate $76 million to bolster the ability of Global Affairs Canada and the RCMP to implement sanctions.
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