Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Reciprocal Action in Response to the Unlawful Decision of the Government of Canada

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Reciprocal Action in Response to the Unlawful Decision of the Government of Canada to Designate a Part of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Reciprocal Action in Response to the Unlawful Decision of the Government of Canada to Designate a Part of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in response to the unlawful decision of the Government of Canada dated 19 June 2024, states as follows:

 

Whereas the Government of Canada, in contravention of the fundamental principles of international law, has designated the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps—which is recognized as one of the official pillars of the country’s armed forces—as a terrorist entity, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, acting on the basis of the principle of reciprocity and pursuant to Article 7 of the Law entitled “Reciprocal Action against the Designation of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization by the United States,” adopted in 2019, which explicitly stipulates that “all countries that in any manner follow or support the decision of the United States of America to designate the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist organization shall be subject to reciprocal action,” considers the Royal Canadian Navy to fall within the scope of the said law and its provisions and, accordingly, within the framework of reciprocal action, hereby designates and declares it as a terrorist organization.