Critical role of FATF reiterated
Financial Tribune – Gholamreza Ansari, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, has warned against the ramifications of non-compliance with FATF norms, saying…
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FATF gives Iran until Oct. to complete reforms
Tasnim – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Iran had until October to meet international standards against money-laundering and terror financing.…
Pompeo calls on Iran to ratify FATF treaties ‘without delay’
MNA – US Secretary of States Mike Pompeo has called on Iran to ratify the two controversial FATF-related treaties “without delay” and…
FATF bills, US anti-IRGC move, two separate matters: senior MP
MNA – Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s national security committee said Tue. that Iran’s decison on joining the global anti-money laundering watchdog and…
Joining FATF ‘strategic mistake’, Iran Assembly of Experts statement warns
MNA – Iran’s Assembly of Experts has warned the legislative bodies to avoid approving the anti-money laundering FATF-related bills, calling joining the…
CBI governor: Maintaining limited banking ties with foreign banks, ‘essential’
MNA – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Friday that the country should maintain its limited banking…
Iran VP urges accession to FATF
IRNA – Iran’s Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laiya Joneidi says the country’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering…
Contentious case of FATF membership
Tehran Times – The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday extended the suspension of countermeasures against Iran for another four…
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…
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…
Global watchdog gives Iran until June to strengthen anti-money laundering rules
Reuters – Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its…
FATF may extend deadline for Iran: VP Joneydi
MNA – Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi said Iran’s joining the Financial Action Task Force is not off the table…
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…
Parl. National Security Commission opposes suing FM Zarif in court
MNA – The spokesman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Sun. the members of the Commission are opposed…
Don’t repeat JCPOA experience with FATF: Sedighi
MNA – Tehran’s interim Friday prayers leader Kazem Sedighi cautioned Iranian officials against the repeat of their experience with 2015 nuclear deal…
Joint information bank for countries’ agreements on terrorism to be formed: MP
IRNA – Head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament says it is necessary a joint database…
Parl. open session 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…
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…
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…
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…
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’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…
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…
Iran administration ‘to modify bill on CFT, re-seek approval’
Press TV – An Iranian vice president says the administration of President Hassan Rouhani will take prompt action to apply the necessary…
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…
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…
FATF’s blacklist, worst scenario for Iran amid reimposition of US sanctions
Iran Daily – Over 800 representatives from various countries and international bodies convened during October 14-19 at the Organization for Economic Cooperation…
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…
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,…
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…