Poilievre Promises to ‘Cripple’ Iranian Regime With Sanctions on Anniversary of Downing of Flight PS752

Published on January 8, 2024

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has promised to “cripple” the Iranian regime with sanctions on the third anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752 by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In a Jan. 8 statement, Mr. Poilievre called the 2020 IRGC killing of 176 people, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents, an “evil act of mass murder.” “The IRGC has been given a safe harbour in Canada,” he added, noting that a Poilievre government will list the IRGC as a “banned terrorist organization.” “We will seize the assets of the Iranian regime in Canada and give them to the families of Flight PS752; we will impose broad and sweeping sanctions to cripple the regime and help pave the way for Iranians to bring home freedom and democracy for their people.”...

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