Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said they have introduced new immigration measures against Iran, which means that 10,000 IRGC members will be banned from entering Canada forever.
Trudeau, at a news conference in Ottawa with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, described the ban on senior members of the Iranian regime, including members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), from entering Canada as “permanent forever”.
According to the news of AA; Stating that the decision covers 50 percent of the IRGC, starting with the highest level members, which means roughly 10 thousand revolutionary guards, Trudeau said, “We are using the most powerful tools at our disposal to overthrow this brutal regime. Strong provisions used in the ‘most serious cases’, such as war crimes or perpetration of genocide, will be used to enforce this decision.” said.
In addition to the decision, Justin Trudeau also stated that Canada’s previous sanctions on Iran will be greatly expanded.
Trudeau also stated that a budget of 76 million dollars was allocated to ensure the implementation of the relevant sanctions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which was used for the massacres in Bosnia and Rwanda in the past, and to “strengthen Canada’s capacity to impose sanctions”.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said: “This budget will enable us to act more quickly to freeze and seize the assets of sanctioned individuals. It will also support the establishment of a new enforcement office at Global Affairs Canada and the need for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP for this purpose.” he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland emphasized that Canada sees the Iranian regime as a state sponsor of terrorism and called the Revolutionary Guards a “terrorist organization”.
“Iran is oppressive, theocratic and misogynistic. The Revolutionary Guard leadership is also terrorist,” Freeland said. made its assessment.
The Canadian federal government announced new sanctions against 25 top officials of the Iranian administration and nine organizations, including Iran’s so-called morality police, in a decision taken last Monday.