(CBC) The federal government is listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization under Canada’s Criminal Code after years of mounting pressure.
Federal ministers delivered the news Wednesday afternoon, hours after CBC News first reported the government was preparing to make the announcement.
“This action sends a strong message that Canada will use all of the tools at its disposal to combat the terrorist entity of the IRGC,” Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters. “Our government will ensure that there is no immunity for Iran’s unlawful actions and its support of terrorism.”
Once a group is placed on the country’s terror list, police can charge anyone who financially or materially supports the group and banks can freeze its assets.
