FATF puts Iran on its blacklist
MNA – Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Iran on its blacklist after Iran allegedly failed to comply with international anti-terrorism…
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Ratification of FATF-related bills no more on agenda
MNA – Today, Iran Expediency Council passed the set deadline for it to announce its verdict on the ratification of FATF-related bills…
CFT threat to national security, worse than JCPOA: Amoli Larijani
MNA – Expressing his view about ratification of the bill on joining the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Ayatollah Amoli Larijani,…
FATF-related bills still on Expediency Council’s agenda: Zonnour
MNA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s security commission said the evaluation of the two remaining FATF-related bills, namely the Palermo and…
Rezaei says any hasty decision on CFT not advisable
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said that the Council does not consider hasty joining of the country to Combating the…
Russia, China want Iran to adopt FATF rules: Chief banker
Press TV – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said that China and Russia have urged Tehran to adopt…
Expediency Council rejects rumors on FATF-bills endorsement
MNA – The Public Relations of the Expediency Council in a statement has rejected rumors that the two remaining FATF-related bills, namely…
CFT, Palermo bills under review by Joint EC commission
IRNA – A member of the Expediency Council on approving or rejecting the bills of the two CFT and Palermo conventions in…
Joining FATF means surrender to enemy: MP
MNA – MP Ahmad Salek said Sun. that Iran has obtained self-sufficnecy in many areas while under sanctions for 40 years, adding…
Gov’t: Need to comply with FATF rules
Financial Tribune – Addressing a weekly Cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, the government spokesman, Ali Rabiei, said complying with FATF rules…
FATF extends suspension of anti-Iran measures until February
Tasnim – The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gave Iran a final deadline of February 2020 to tighten its rules against…
Expediency Council reviews ratification of CFT, Palermo bills
MNA – The Sun. meeting of the Expediency Council was dedicated to addressing the ratification of two controversial FATF-related treaties, namely the…
Majority of Expediency Council members against joining FATF
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei says the majority of the Council’s members are against joining the Paris-based Financial Action Task…
Rezaei casts doubt over CFT effectiveness pointing to NZ terror attack
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei voiced doubt about the effectiveness of the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) in…
Iranian lawmaker calls for withdrawing from JCPOA, disapproving CFT
MNA – A member of the Iranian parliament has called for pulling out from the nuclear deal as well as rejecting the…
Waiting for EU’s JCPOA commitments behind delays in approving FATF-related bills
MNA – The member of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari says that the council members postponed the decision on UNODC bill…
Europe’s behavior affects EC’s decision on FATF-related bills: Rezaie
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said that behavior of European countries will influence the body’s final decision about ratifying FATF-related…
Senior MP: CFT, Palermo convention restricting Iran’s trade exchanges, transactions
FNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker lashed out at the western countries for trying to impose their monetary restrictions, including the convention…
Palermo, CFT review postponed to next Iranian year
MNA – The Expediency Council’s Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the…
EC to review CFT case after ‘Palermo’ bill
MNA – A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam said on Fri. that the Council will mull over the Convention…
Zarif says decision-making on FATF bills should be based on ‘facts’
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called on officials in charge of casting the final verdict on endorsement of the two remaining…
Austria, UK hail FATF decision on Iran
IRNA – Ambassadors of Austria and the UK welcomed FATF new decision to continue the suspension of counter-measures on Iran. Austrian diplomat…
Iran central bank welcomes FATF’s extended deadline to complete reforms
MNA – Hours after the anti-money laundering body FATF extended the deadline for Iran until June 2019 to complete reforms, the Central…
Guardian Council spokesman: Iran Expediency Council likely to approve CFT, Palermo bills
MNA – The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei says that Palermo and CFT bills, which have already gained the approval of Iranian…
Photos: EC holds meeting over CFT
Mizan | Ali Shirband: The meeting of Expediency Council (EC) held Saturday with regard to the final study of joining Iran to…
Expediency Council begins session on reviewing ‘Palermo’ bill
MNA – The Expediency Council is holding a session Saturday to review the bill on the country’s accession to the UN Convention…
Expediency Council suspicious of request on endorsing CFT, Palermo: Rezaie
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaie said that the body is suspicious of European countries’ requests for endorsing FATF-related bills in…
Iranian official slams EU for linking INSTEX to CFT
Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezaei decried the European Union’s move to link the implementation of INSTEX –a…
Security, economic confrontation with US to bring victory to Iranian nation
MNA – Abolfazl Hassan Beigi, member of Iran Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the secretary of the Supreme National…
Iran’s coverage: Iran to sell oil via stock exchange for 3rd time: Zanganeh
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran to sell oil via stock exchange for 3rd time The third…
CFT likely to be approved at Iran’s Expediency Council
MNA – Mostafa Kavakebian a member of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy, said Expediency Council is likely to approve the…
Expediency Council to decide on Palermo, CFT within a month
MNA – Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, stressing that the Iranian government will not…
Parl. to review Guardian Council’s flaws to CFT today
MNA – Iranian Parliament will hold a session Sun. to review a report of flaws pointed out by the Guardian Council on…
FATF-related conventions to be determined in very near future
MNA – Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said that destiny of the Convention…
Parl. begins session on addressing Iran’s accession to CFT
MNA – Parliament has began a session Wed. to review a report by National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on the bill…
Iran to decide on CFT, Palermo bills within month: MP
IRNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday that the case of Convention against Financing of Terrorism (CFT) is slated to…
Only 2 out of 22 flaws with CFT bill resolved: Guardian Council spox
MNA – Guardian Council Spokesman Kadkhodaei said Sat. that the Iranian Parliament has resolved only two out of the 22 flaws with…
Problems in bill on Iran’s accession to CFT still in place: GC
Tasnim – Iran’s Guardian Council (GC) said despite a recent amendment to the parliamentary bill for the country’s accession to Combating the…
Expediency Council to give final say on anti-money laundering, CFT bills
MNA – A senior Parliament Member said Sun. that the Expediency Council will give the final say on the two FATF-related bills…
MP says probability of approving FATF bills high
MNA – The probability of approving FATF related and money laundering bills is high said the Chairman of National Security and Foreign…