Iran: Tagged as terrorists
Download MP3This week I’m looking at the fall-out from Canada listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity.
The IRGC is a branch of the Iranian military.
It’s controlled by the most powerful figure in Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Canada is only the second country to make this move.
And that’s caught the attention of media outlets around the world.
My guest is Houchang Hassan-Yari.
He’s a professor Emeritus at the Royal Ministry College of Canada, in Kingston Ontario.
His area of expertise is the Middle East, with a concentration on security in the Persian Gulf.
Listen as we tease out why this change in Canadian policy is big news internationally.
The IRGC is a branch of the Iranian military.
It’s controlled by the most powerful figure in Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Canada is only the second country to make this move.
And that’s caught the attention of media outlets around the world.
My guest is Houchang Hassan-Yari.
He’s a professor Emeritus at the Royal Ministry College of Canada, in Kingston Ontario.
His area of expertise is the Middle East, with a concentration on security in the Persian Gulf.
Listen as we tease out why this change in Canadian policy is big news internationally.
