Canada is listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization and could investigate former senior Iranian officials living in the country, a senior cabinet member said on Wednesday.
Investigating Iranian officials
LeBlanc, asked why they action took so long, said the decision had been taken based on the law and advice from security services, not as a result of political pressure.
The IRGC, a powerful faction that controls a business empire as well as elite armed and intelligence forces in Iran, has been accused by Western nations of carrying out a global terrorist campaign. Iran rejects that.
“Current and former senior Iranian government officials who are in Canada may be investigated and removed,” LeBlanc said. He did not give details on the identities and number of people this might include.
