US Lawmakers Urge Canada to List Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as Terrorists

US Lawmakers Urge Canada to List Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as Terrorists
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) march in a military parade in Tehran in this file photo. Stringer/AFP/Getty Images
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging Canada to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

Although Defence Minister Bill Blair said this week that the federal government is “absolutely committed” to keeping people with ties to the group out of Canada, Ottawa has stopped short of declaring the IRGC a terrorist entity.