MNA Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Iran on its blacklist after Iran allegedly failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms. Reuters revealed the news, adding that however, the FATF appeared to leave the door ajar for Iran saying countries should also be able to apply countermeasures independently of any call by ...

MNA Today, Iran Expediency Council passed the set deadline for it to announce its verdict on the ratification of FATF-related bills i.e., CFT and Palermo; accordingly, joining the bill is no longer on agenda of Iranian legislators. If the government plans to reopen the FATF file, it has to submit a new related plan to the Parliament to be approved ...

MNA Chairman of the Iranian Parliaments security commission said the evaluation of the two remaining FATF-related bills, namely the Palermo and CFT, has not been pushed off agenda of the Expediency Council. Speaking to Tasnim on Saturday, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Mojtaba Zonnour, said the ...

Press TV - The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said that China and Russia have urgedTehran to adopt a series of rules by the global money laundering watchdog FATF to allow trade between Iran and allies to continue smoothly. China and Russia have informed us that Irans inclusion in the FATF blacklist would have a negative impact on ...

MNA The Public Relations of the Expediency Council in a statement has rejected rumors that the two remaining FATF-related bills, namely the Palermo and CFT, have been given the final green light by the Council. These bills are still being evaluated at the joint commission of the Expediency Council, the statement read. The commission has not yet ...

IRNA - A member of the Expediency Council on approving or rejecting the bills of the two CFT and Palermo conventions in the Expediency Council, noted that the two bills are being reviewed by the Joint Commission of the Expediency Council (EC). Speaking to IRNA on Sunday, Majid Ansari noted that the remaining bills of the Special Financial Action ...

MNA A member of the Expediency Council, the body in charge of deciding on FATF-related bills, said Wed. that the Palermo bill is no longer on the agenda of the Council. Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam told Mehr correspondent on Wednesday that the one-year deadline for the Expediency Council to evaluate the Palermo bill against the countrys national ...

MNA Referring to FATFs recent warning to Iran, Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on Monday that the decision of the global watchdog is totally political and Iran disagrees with it. "The Islamic Republic considers anti-money-laundering policies as a necessity and a target in its domestic regulations, he noted, stressing that FATF has ...

MNA The Sun. meeting of the Expediency Council was dedicated to addressing the ratification of two controversial FATF-related treaties, namely the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) and the UN Palermo Convention on Transnational Organized Crime. The second meeting of the joint commission of the Expediency Council, chaired by Mohsen ...

MNA The Expediency Council will give its final vote on ratifying the two remaining FATF-related bills before the bodys June deadline runs out, a member said on Friday. Speaking on a televised interview Friday night, a member of the Expediency Council, Hossein Mozaffar, said the Council would give its final verdict on the two controversial FATF-...

IRNA - A senior member of Irans Expediency Council said the EC will ratify the FATF and Palermo Convention if the Europeans give precise guarantees to Iran. 'The Europeans are going all the way out so Iran rapidly approves the FATF and the Palermo Convention,' Mohsen Rezai said on Sunday in the Iranian city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran. 'The ...

MNA The member of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari says that the council members postponed the decision on UNODC bill today due to its relevance to another FATF-related bill-CFT, as well as the JCPOA-related commitments of the European countries. The two FATF-related bills of Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) ...

FNA - A senior Iranian lawmaker lashed out at the western countries for trying to impose their monetary restrictions, including the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, on Iran. "Accepting Palermo Convention and the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) is only ...

MNA The Expediency Councils Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the fate of the bill unknown till the next Iranian year (starting in March 21), a member of the council said. Upon the request of Government and Parliament representatives to decide the fate of Palermo ...

MNA The Expediency Council is holding a session Saturday to discuss the bill on the countrys accession to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as Palermo Convention in Iran. Todays session follows the one held on February 16 which ended without a conclusion. Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati,...

MNA Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Friday that the country should maintain its limited banking ties with foreign banks. Turning to Palermo Bill, he said, Expediency Council (EC) will decide on Irans accession to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as Palermo Convention in Iran, on Saturday....

MNA A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam said on Fri. that the Council will mull over the Convention against the Funding of Terrorism (CFT) after determining the fate of UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, known as Palermo Convention in Iran. The bill on Irans accession to the International Convention ...

MNA The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei says that Palermo and CFT bills, which have already gained the approval of Iranian Parliament but have been rejected by Guardian Council, will also be approved by the mediating body Expediency Council. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman of the Guardian Council,...

Mizan | Ali Shirband: The meeting of Expediency Council (EC) held Saturday with regard to the final study of joining Iran to the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill).  

MNA The Expediency Councils Saturday meeting on joining the UN Convention on Transnational Crime (Palermo bill) ended without conclusion, leaving the fate of the bill unknown for at least two more weeks, a member of the council said. According to Gholamreza Mesbahi, the Council held a session today to study the fate of the controversial bill, but ...