On Wednesday, May 8, members of the Canadian House of Commons unanimously voted to add the IRGC to the official list of foreign terrorist organizations of Canada.
According to Canadian media reports, the proposal, presented to the House by the Judiciary Committee, was approved with 327 in favor and no opposing votes.
The decision of the Canadian House of Commons urges the government of Canada to identify the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization in its entirety.
Canadian lawmakers had also approved recognizing the IRGC as a terrorist organization in 2020, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not implement it.
The decision was made Flight 752 by IRGC missiles near Tehran, which resulted in the deaths of 176 people.
Designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization is one of the main demands of the Iranian opposition from Western countries, which has been emphasized more recently.
Following nationwide protests in Iran in 2022, Iranian opposition groups abroad have consistently raised this demand in their protest gatherings.
In a message in this regard, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president elects of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said:
“Congratulations to Canadian MPs for the adoption of the terrorist designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). I hope that the government of Canada would implement the long-overdue legislation by the parliament, and officially blacklist this criminal corps.
“I urge the European Union and its member states to stop further postponing the implementation of the terrorist designation of the IRGC as adopted by the European Parliament.
“I urge the UK, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries to stop delaying the designation of the IRGC and the mullahs’ Intelligence Ministry (MOIS). Every day of delay further emboldens the clerical regime in pursuit of terrorism, warmongering, and hostage taking.
The agents and mercenaries of the IRGC, MOIS, and the terrorist Quds Force must be expelled from Europe, the US, and Canada, and their passports annulled. This is the desire and the right of the people of Iran and their freedom fighters.”
