Trudeau Defends Timing of Labelling Iran’s IRGC a Terrorist Entity

A day after the Canadian government designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended how long the decision took, saying it needed to be done the “right way.” “We know that this is going to have real impacts for members of the Iranian community and Canada and potentially their families back home, which is why we needed to take our time to get this done the right way,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters on June 20. The prime minister added that the Iranian regime is focused on “destabilizing and creating chaos and death in democracies and countries around the world,” which was why the federal government had taken the “serious step” to list the IRGC as a terrorist organization....