Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Esmaeilion, it's good to see you again. When you appeared before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights in June, I asked you about the failure of the government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity. It's now four months later and still there's been no action. As you said, more than 1,000 days after PS752 was shot down and 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents were murdered—a total of 176 passengers—there's still no action.
Can you speak to your frustration with the inaction? You met at the time with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Obviously nothing progressed from that meeting.
From a victim's standpoint, can you speak to the fact that designating the IRGC a terrorist entity is not merely a symbolic gesture? From a victim's standpoint, it provides real teeth for victims to get justice, including allowing the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act to be utilized.