A big flag of Iran waving in the wind in Tehran, Iran.
The Iranian foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for Canada’s 2024 blacklisting of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
In a statement, the ministry said that the move was in reaction to Ottawa declaring the Guards, the ideological arm of Iran’s military, a terror group “contrary to the fundamental principles of international law.”
Iran “within the framework of reciprocity, identifies and declares the Royal Canadian Navy as a terrorist organisation,” the statement added, without specifying what ramifications, if any, the force will face.
On June 19, 2024, Canada declared the IRGC a terror group. This bars its members from entering the country and Canadians from having any dealings with individual members or the group. Punch
