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…
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EC to give final verdict on CFT, Palermo bills by FATF deadline
MNA – The Expediency Council will give its final vote on ratifying the two remaining FATF-related bills before the body’s June deadline…
FATF-related bills still on Expediency Council agenda: council member
MNA – A member of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Javad Mojtahed Shabestari said on Tuesday that the body has still studying FATF-related…
Expediency still undecided on date for FATF reviewing session: member
MNA – A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam, said Sat. the date for holding a session on reviewing Iran’s…
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…
Expediency Council’s decision on FATF to surely consider Iran’s interests
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Mon. that the Expediency Council’s final verdict on accession to the two FATF-related…
Iran not to endorse FATF bills in exchange for EU’s INSTEX
MNA – A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam, said the country would not endorse the FATF-related bills as a…
FM spox: Experts should help make best decision on FATF
IRNA – Iran urged all experts to fulfill their national duties and help enlighten members of the Expediency Council to take the…
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…
Expediency Council’s session on reviewing ‘Palermo’ bill begins
MNA – The Expediency Council is holding a session Saturday to discuss the bill on the country’s accession to the UN Convention…
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…
Rezaie warns of ‘ambiguities’ in FATF guidelines
MNA – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei highlighted that there are many ambiguities in FATF guidelines. “While there exist many questions and…
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…
Session on Palermo bill fate ends without conclusion
MNA – The Expediency Council’s Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the…
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 found no link between FATF bills, INSTEX: member
MNA – A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi, said the Council held a session today to study any possible connections…
EC member: EU’s INSTEX not to influence upcoming decision by Iran’s Expediency Council on Palermo
FNA – A key member of Iran’s Expediency Council stressed that the EC will continue discussions over the fate of the UN…
Expediency Council to continue debates on Palermo after defense commission rejects Iran’s endorsement
FNA – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezayee announced that the EC’s specialized commissions have rejected the country’s endorsement of the…
Delay on Palermo review due to technical, not political reasons
MNA – The delay of Expediency Council’s announcement on Palermo convention is due to technical reasons, not political, says Chairman of National…
Expediency Council leaves decision on Palermo bill to next session
MNA – The Expediency Council’s Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the…
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…
EC mulls over outlines of Palermo convention bill
MNA – Member of Expediency Council (EC) Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam said on Sat. that the Council studied the outlines of the Palermo…
Photos: Expediency Council meeting on Saturday
Mizan | Hamed Ataei: Expediency Council meeting ,chairing by Ayatollah Amoli Larijani, was held in the capital Tehran on Saturday. …
Iran passes amendment bill on combating money laundering
MNA – The Expediency Council has passed the final verdict on the amendment bill on combating money laundering, endorsing the FATF-related bill…
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…
Expediency Council to decide on CFT based on national interest: Rezaei
MNA – The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that the council will certainly decide on the bill on Iran’s…
Basij warns Expediency Council about dangers of joining FATF
MNA – A host of Basiji students from Iranian universities and seminaries warned the Expediency Council about the dangers and threats of…
Parl. submits Palermo, anti-laundering bills to Expediency Council
MNA – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has submitted the bills on joining the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (known as…
Iran’s Expediency Council votes in favor of non-Muslim city council member, ending his 9-month suspension
Iranian Diplomacy – In historic vote, Council of Expediency Discernment votes for Zoroastrian Sepenta Niknam to return to the City Council of…
Leader urges expediency council to pursue revolutionary goals
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the expediency council should remain committed…
Leader meets new members of Iran’s Expediency Council
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei eceived new chairman and members of Expediency Council, which is…
Photos: New chairman and members of Council of Expediency met with Ayatollah Khamenei
IRNA – Newly appointed chairman and members of the Council of Expediency met with Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution,…
Hashemi Shahroudi appointed new head of Iran Expediency Council
IFP – Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has been appointed by Iran’s Leader as the new head of the country’s Expediency Discernment Council,…
Iran’s President is temporary chairman of Expediency Council after Rafsanjani’s demise
IFP- Gholam-Reza Mesbahi Moqaddam, a senior politician and a member of the Expediency Council, announced that the Council, whose chairman Ayatollah Akbar…
Rafsanjani: Iran on the right path
Mashad, Aug 26, IRNA – Evidence indicates that Iran is on the right path to become an ideal society based on Quranic…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on March 8
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has…
Amini: Iran cannot remain indifference toward terrorism in Iraq
Qom, Jan 6, IRNA – Member of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini said on Tuesday that under no circumstances Iran can…
Rafsanjani slams certain states for supporting ISIL
The chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council says certain states’ support for the ISIL Takfiri terrorists operating in Iraq and Syria is politically…