Canada looking for ways to designate Iran’s IRGC as terrorist organization, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking at ways to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Trudeau made the comment at a ceremony commemorating the victims of Flight PS752, which was shot down by the IRGC shortly after taking off from Tehran on Jan. 8, 2020, killing all 176 people on board, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.

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