In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court has determined that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is the actual name of the organization, not the “Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),” as Global News calls it, “was ‘a listed entity’ because one of its branches, the Qods Force, was already designated as such by Canada.” Yet Trudeau’s federal government has not listed the IRGC as such.
Kudos to the judge in this case. But it is astonishing that any Western government would refuse to formally recognize the Islamic Republic of Iran as anything but a terrorist regime, given its history, present actions, and the activities of its network of proxies, which include Hizballah, the Shiite militias in Iraq, the Houthis in Yemen, and an expansive network of foreign fighters in Syria. The regime also partners with Hamas. Yet Trudeau’s Liberal government “has long faced calls to place the IRGC on Canada’s terrorist list,” but still hasn’t followed through.
“Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is listed terrorist group ‘by association,’ Canadian court rules,” by Stewart Bell, Global News, November 28, 2022:
A judge has ruled that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is a “terrorist entity” under Canadian law, adding fuel to the debate over how to deal with the branch of Tehran’s armed forces.
The Ontario Superior Court found the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was “a listed entity” because one of its branches, the Qods Force, was already designated as such by Canada.
The ruling was handed down in a case that weighed whether the estate of a late Canadian lawyer was required to pay almost $1 million to an Iranian aviation company alleged to be a front for the IRGC.
The judge dismissed the case because the owner of the Iranian company, Babak Zanjani, was an alleged IRGC financier. The court said paying the debt would have violated Canada’s anti-terrorism laws.
But the judge went further, ruling that not only did the IRGC meet the definition of a terrorist group, it was also a “listed entity by association” because of its relationship to the Qods Force.
Being a listed terrorist entity carries severe consequences. It is illegal to contribute to any activity of a listed group, and its property can be seized and forfeited.
The Liberal government has long faced calls to place the IRGC on Canada’s terrist list, particularly after the Iranian militia shot down a passenger plane carrying 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.
More recently, the IRGC has allegedly helped Russia conduct drone strikes in Ukraine and participated in the suppression of human rights protesters in Iran.
However, only the Qods Force branch of the IRGC is listed. The Qods Force trains, bankrolls and arms terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, which celebrated last week’s Jerusalem bus stop bombing that killed a Canadian teen…..