Canada permanently bans this Friday the entry into the country of thousands of Iranian leaders and officialsbetween them members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corpsin response to the Tehran’s crackdown on women’s protests.
The punishments were announced today by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland during a press conference during which they assured that those sanctioned will never be able to travel to Canada.
To prevent the entry of thousands of Iranian officials, Canada will include the tehran regimeand especially those Revolutionary Guard Corpsin refugee protection law that in the past, Ottawa has used in war crimes and genocide cases.
The measures adopted today are the same ones that Canada used to penalize those responsible and involved in war crimes in Bosnia or genocide in Rwanda.
The sanctions will prevent some 10,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers and senior officials box Travel to Canada, do Company with entities or individuals in the country, or own Canadian assets. In addition, Canada will extend its economic sanctions against Iran.
Trudeau said these measures will “raise the bar internationally” for Iran responsible for human rights violations in the country.
For his part, Freeland said the sanctions involve “formally acknowledging” that the iranian regime he is “repressive, theocratic and misogynistic”.
On October 3, Canada has already imposed another round of economic sanctions against Iran for the violent suppression of women’s protests in the country and the Regime Morale Police Actions who caused the death of the young Mahsa Amini for wearing the veil incorrectly.
The sanctions affected 25 people, including Mohammed-Hossein Bagheri, General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Mohammad Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi, Morale Police Directorand Esmail Khatib, Minister of Intelligence and Security.
But Canada’s main opposition party, the Conservative Party, accused Trudeau that the sanctions against the Iranian morale police they weren’t enough and pressured the government to take further action.
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