Iran Designates Canada’s Royal Navy as “Terrorist Organization”
In a sharply worded statement, the ministry condemned Canada’s June 2024 decision to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as "illegal," arguing the designation targets "one of the pillars of Iran's official armed forces," and violates international norms. The move, Tehran said, stands in "contradiction with the fundamental international law principles."
Invoking reciprocal measures under a 2019 statute, the ministry said Iran "identifies and announces the Royal Canadian Navy as a terrorist organization," underscoring what it described as a proportional response.
Canada announced on June 19, 2024, that it had classified the IRGC as a "terrorist entity" under the Criminal Code, calling the step a "response to the IRGC's terrorist acts on its own and in knowing association with listed terrorist entities, such as Hezbollah and Hamas."
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