Joining FATF needed to have banking ties with world: President Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the necessity of joining anti-money laundering FATF, saying that implementing the FATF standards, whether…
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Parl. to review solutions to CFT flaws today
MNA – Iranian lawmakers will review the potential solutions to the flaws in the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on December 3
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, December 3, 2018, and…
Members picked for CFT advisory committee
MNA – An advisory committee comprising ten members has been formed to review the controversial bill on Iran’s accession to the convention…
MP: ‘It is entirely rational to join FATF’
IRNA – The marathon of the approval of bills on Iran’s membership to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), after many ups…
FATF member countries, the very center of money laundering
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: While Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asks for joining FATF (The Financial Action Task Force on Money…
Iranian bodies form committee to discuss CFT
MNA – Iranian Parliament, the Guardian Council, and the administration have formed a consultative committee to confer on Iran’s accession to the…
Iran judiciary criticizes money laundering claims
Bourse and Bazaar – Iran’s judiciary chief said Monday that government officials must not make accusations of vast money-laundering operations by powerful…
Iran’s top negotiator with FATF banned from leaving country: Fars
MNA – An informed source has said that the Iran’s top negotiator with anti-money laundering body FATF has been banned from leaving…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 17
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, November 17, 2018, and…
Zarif remarks on money laundering ‘honest’ approach: Spox
IRNA – What Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said about money laundering was ‘an honest explanation of one of the problems of the…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on November 13
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, and…
Parliament to address CFT flaws on Nov. 18
MNA – Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the Parliament will address next Sunday the 22 flaws in the…
Principalist representatives pen a letter of protest to Parl. speaker over FATF
MNA – Today morning, a number of principalist representatives submitted a letter of protest to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and…
Iran Majlis discusses CFT in closed session
IRNA – Members of Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) are holding a closed session in the presence of two top diplomats on Tuesday to…
Prospects of Iran-EU collaboration on busting secondary sanctions rosier than ever
Iranian Diplomacy – Following the recent FATF meeting and the final statement released by the group, many called FATF’s 4-month opportunity to…
Zarif due in parliament to discuss Iran’s accession to CFT
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to attend a parliamentary session on Tuesday to brief MPs on issues related…
Weekly report: FATF suspends counter-measures against Iran for another 4 months
October 21, The Iran Project – Iran’s defense minister: Inaction on US lawlessness to create new Hitlers; Tehran denies reports of Ankara…
Another Iran-US faceoff, this time on FATF
Iranian Diplomacy – Tehran is struggling against the Washington-Tel Aviv-Riyadh axis, this time in FATF annual meeting, while trying to remove its…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 20
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, October 20, 2018, and…
UK hails FATF decision on Iran
IRNA – The UK diplomatic mission in Iran in a message welcomed Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decision to extend deadline on…
Extension of FATF deadline to boost Iran banking ties: VP
IRNA – Extending the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) deadline is another victory for the Iranian people and government in their intelligent…
Iran’s efforts to standardize banking system attracts global attention
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador in London Hamid Baeidinejad said Friday that FATF’s extension of suspending anti-Iran measures revealed that Majlis and other…
Iran’s diplomacy neutralizes US antagonistic efforts
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi welcomed FATF’s Friday’s decision to remove Iran from blacklist, describing it as another success for…
FATF bill going through its legal path like other bills: senior cleric
IRNA – FATF bill’s consideration is undergoing its legal procedure like any other bill and there is no need to turn the…
FATF suspends counter-measures against Iran for another 4 months
Tasnim – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday Iran had until February to complete reforms that would bring it…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 16
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, and…
Accession to FATF bills will facilitate banking relations: Analyst
Iran Daily – The approval of FATF bills by the Parliament is a stepping stone for the Iranian banks to open up…
With eye on interests, Iran to press on with FATF
Tasnim – Iran will keep working on plans to implement standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Foreign Ministry Spokesman…
FATF week begins with Iran on agenda
Financial Tribune – The Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering body, convenes on Sunday with a to-do-list which includes evaluating…
FATF adoption can help boost trade, national security
Financial Tribune – Implementing standards set by the Financial Action Task Force will not only help facilitate Iran’s trade with other countries,…
CFT approval, another step to bypass US sanctions
Iranian Diplomacy – Following many ups and downs and flip-flops the Iranian Parliament eventually passed a bill on Sunday on combating the…
Iran Foreign Ministry supports joining CFT
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry hailed the parliament move to approve a bill on Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention. The…
How CFT accession can benefit Iran
Iranian Diplomacy – Iran’s accession to CFT cannot solve the country’s problems regarding the oil and banking sanctions, but it can facilitate…
Iran’s Guardian Council won’t be intimidated by CFT opponents
IFP – The spokesman for Iran’s legislative watchdog says the body will not be intimidated by opponents of Iran’s joining a UN…
Joining FATF facilitates Iran’s financial transactions: Russian expert
IRNA – A Russian banking expert referred to the approval of a bill on Iran’s accession to the Combating the Financing of…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on October 8
Iran Front Page – IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, October 8, 2018, and…
Iranian legislators pass controversial anti-terror finance bill amid protests
October 8, The Iran Project – On Sunday (October 7, 2018), Iranian parliamentarians have finally passed a bill on the country’s accession to…
Joining CFT facilitates Iran banking ties with world
IRNA – Joining of Iran to the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention will facilitate Iran’s banking relations with the world.…
Presidential office thanks parliament for approving CFT
IRNA – Head of Iran presidential office thanked the parliament for approving the bill on joining of Iran to the Combating the…