The Iranian foreign ministry designates the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organization in what it says is retaliation for Canada’s 2024 blacklisting of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
In a statement, the ministry says that the move is in reaction to Ottawa declaring the Guards, the ideological arm of Iran’s military, a terror group “contrary to the fundamental principles of international law.”
Iran, “within the framework of reciprocity, identifies and declares the Royal Canadian Navy as a terrorist organization,” the statement adds, without specifying what ramifications, if any, the force will face.
On June 19, 2024, Canada declared the IRGC a terror group. This bars its members from entering the country and Canadians from having any dealings with individual members or the group.
Additionally, any assets the Guards or its members hold in Canada could be seized.
Canada accused the Guards of “having consistently displayed disregard for human rights both inside and outside of Iran, as well as a willingness to destabilize the international rules-based order.”
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