IRAN PARLIAMENT PLANS TO DESIGNATE CANADIAN ARMY AS TERRORIST ENTITY

Iranian lawmakers have tabled a motion that requires the administration to
designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as terrorist entities.

By Presstv

The file picture shows a general view of Iran’s Parliament in session.

Iranian lawmakers have roundly denounced the Canadian government’s decision to
blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), demanding a
counter-measure against the North American country’s armed forces.  On Sunday,
a group of 250 Iranian legislators introduced a motion that requires the
administration to designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as
terrorist organizations.

They expressed their strong support for the IRGC and hailed its defense of
Iran’s national security and territorial integrity in the years following the
1979 Islamic Revolution.  The lawmakers also praised the IRGC for its support
of oppressed nations in the West Asia region, particularly Palestinians, and
its leading role in confronting the criminal Zionist regime.  They described
the IRGC as a thorn in the side of the Muslim world’s enemies, especially
Israel and its sponsors.

The Iranian legislature further noted that the Canadian government is a staunch
supporter of the criminal and child-killing Tel Aviv regime, emphasizing that
its blacklisting of the IRGC is in violation of all international law and
regulations, and exposes Ottawa’s backing for the Zionist entity.  The
parliamentarians finally called on the Iranian Foreign Ministry to utilize all
political and international means to denounce Canada’s measure.In a hostile
move against Iran, Canada's Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc Ottawa on
Wednesday listed the IRGC as a “terrorist entity” under the Criminal Code and
called on Canadians in Iran to leave.

Last month, the Canadian House of Commons adopted a non-binding resolution
calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to blacklist the IRGC and
expel an estimated 700 Iranians.  The move makes Canada the second country in
North America after the United States to blacklist the IRGC.

Canada broke off diplomatic ties with Iran and closed its Tehran embassy in a
surprise move in 2012, citing various reasons, including Iran’s support for
Syria, its nuclear work, and alleged threats to the Israeli regime.  In the
same year, however, Ottawa took off the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq
Organization (MKO) from its list of terrorist organizations.

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