Canada lists IRGC as terrorist entity

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Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada has listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective today. Based on their actions, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the IRGC has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in …

Canada imposes new sanctions against Lebanese nationals

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Ottawa – Following the third anniversary of the explosion at the Port of Beirut, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that Canada is imposing sanctions under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) in coordination with the United Kingdom and the United States. These sanctions will add 3 Lebanese nationals to the Schedule of …