Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the actions of the Islamic Republic of Iran constitute a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted or is likely to result in a serious international crisis;

And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that gross and systematic human rights violations have been committed in the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations under subsections 4(1)a, (1.1)b, (2)c and (3) of the Special Economic Measures Actd.

a S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(1)

b S.C. 2017, c. 21, s. 17(2)

c S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(2)

d S.C. 1992, c. 17

Amendments

1 Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations1 is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

167. Shahed Aviation Industries

168. Qods Aviation Industries

2 Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

61. Sayed Hojatollah Qureishi

62. Saeed Aghajani (also known as Hamid Aghajani)

63. Seyyed Yahya Safavi (born in 1952) (also known as Rahim Safavi)

3 Part 2.1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

34. Ali Azadi

35. Abbas Abdi

36. Seyyed Ali Safari

Application Before Publication

4 For the purpose of paragraph 11(2)(a) of the Statutory Instruments Act, these Regulations apply according to their terms before they are published in the Canada Gazette.

Coming into Force

5 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

1 SOR/2010-165