Debate continues in Iran over the issue of accepting international finacial safeguards demanded by an inter-governmental watchdog, the FATF and crucial for the economy.
02 Mar 2021
FATF
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international group in charge of combatting money laundering and terrorism financing, released a...
21 Feb 2020
The Islamic Republic’s Minister of Economy, Farhad Dezhpasand, warned that “after the deadline set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for...
31 Oct 2019
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council issued a statement denying the comments made by Vice President Jahangiri which claimed...
23 Oct 2019
A few days after the extension of Iran’s deadline for passing the Financial Action Task Force bills against money laundering and sponsorship of...
22 Oct 2019
Having not passed the anti-money laundering bills
The Financial Actions Task Force gave Iran four more months to pass into law the Palermo and anti-money laundering conventions. The task force,...
18 Oct 2019
Mike Pompeo, the U.S Secretary of State, asked his German counterpart to support the U.S resolution to send Iran’s case to the Security Council. On...
31 May 2019
Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghaddam, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, accused the president, the government and “certain media” of pressuring...
09 Mar 2019
Mohammad Khatami, the former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran says: “It is very hard to ask people to participate in the elections now.” On...
06 Mar 2019
Tasnim News Agency has reported that some members of parliament have developed a bill for a referendum. The suggested referendum’s four aspects...
03 Mar 2019