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General Soleimani was the head of Iran’s Qud’s Force, a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a banned terrorist group in Canada and other countries.

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Soleimani had been responsible for funding, training and arming groups such as the Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was also responsible for Iran’s part in the ongoing civil war in Yemen and was a backer of the Assad regime in Syria.

The American’s blew up the car Soleimani was travelling in after groups loyal to him killed an American contractor and tried to storm and take control of the American embassy in Baghdad.

“If there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region, those Canadians would be right now home with their families,” Trudeau toldGlobal.

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In some ways, that may be true, but in not specifically calling out Iran — which this week opened fire and killed protestors angry over the plane being shot down — Trudeau is giving Iran a pass. This is not a regime that needs a pass; this is a regime that needs to be called to account.

Earlier Monday, the Council of Iranian Canadians, the Justice 88 Campaign and B’nai Brith Canada called on the federal government to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group.

“The designation of the IRGC as a terrorist entity is an urgent matter,” said Avideh Motmaen-Far of the Council of Iranian Canadians.

“Today, as the Islamist regime schemes to avenge slain IRGC General Qasem Soleimani, the IRGC poses a greater risk than ever before to Canada’s Iranian and Jewish communities,” Motmaen-Far added.