MPs Vote Unanimously to Support Naming Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a Terrorist Entity

Published on May 9, 2024

The House of Commons has unanimously voted in support of a motion to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. The action increases the pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a hard line against the IRGC. The motion put forward by Conservative MP Garnett Genuis came from a House justice committee report that MPs voted 327–0 to accept May 8. “Parliament just voted UNANIMOUSLY to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization and shut down their operations in Canada,” Mr. Genuis said in a social media post. Although the vote was unanimous—meaning all Liberal MPs who voted supported the motion—it is not binding and serves as a suggestion that the government take action....

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