JTA, the pro-Israeli site announced that Canada banned Iran's Qods Force and classified the elite military body as a terrorist organization.Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said in a Dec. 20 statement that the Qods Force an elite unit of the Iranian regimes Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, or Revolutionary Guard was responsible for "exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such as facilitating terrorist operations."
He accused it of providing "arms, funding and paramilitary training to extremist groups, including the Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
Bnai Brith Canada, among other pro-Israel group, applauded Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Toews for their principled stance in combating terror.
The llisting comes after Canadas decision in September to designate the Iranian regime as a state sponsor of terrorism, terminating Ottawas diplomatic ties with Iran and expelling Iranian diplomats from Canada.
Canada also removed an Iranian opposition organization, the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, from its list of terror groups.
In Spain, the Hispasat communication satellites group on Friday stopped broadcasting two Iranian television channels: Press TV, and Irans recently-launched Spanish-language channel, Hispan TV.
According to Press TV, Hispasat did not state the reason for taking the news channels off the air.
By JTA
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