TEHRAN (Defapress) - Vice-chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission Abbas Goudarzi said the western states plots to boost efficiency of the sanctions against Iran by coaxing the country into approving the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) conventions and requirements.
News ID: 82807 Publish Date : 2020/12/26
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi denounced the Financial Action Task Force’s political decision to blacklist the country.
News ID: 80289 Publish Date : 2020/02/22
TEHRAN (defapress) – Matthew Redhead, a researcher on financial crime and national security topics at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) said that FATF faces a credibility gap and there is no evidence its work reduces proceeds of crime.
News ID: 79435 Publish Date : 2019/11/30
TEHRAN (defapress) – A member the Iranian Parliament said joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) cannot lower the price of the foreign currency, noting that currency market fluctuations are 'more domestic'.
News ID: 76906 Publish Date : 2019/04/19
senior MP:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s national security committee said Tue. that Iran’s decison on joining the global anti-money laundering watchdog and the countermeasure against US’ anti-IRGC move should be handled as two separate matters.
News ID: 76842 Publish Date : 2019/04/16
senior official:
TEHRAN (defapress) – A member of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mojtahed Shabestari said that the body will not ratify FATF-related bills following Washington’s move to designate IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization.
News ID: 76818 Publish Date : 2019/04/15
member:
TEHRAN (defapress) – A member of the Expediency Council, Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam, said Sat. the date for holding a session on reviewing Iran’s accession to the two FATF-related bills is still uncertain.
News ID: 76634 Publish Date : 2019/04/06
FM Zarif:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Mon. that the Expediency Council’s final verdict on accession to the two FATF-related conventions will be surely based on the country’s national interests.
News ID: 76258 Publish Date : 2019/03/18
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said adoption of the standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is not expected to remove all economic problems of Iran, but failing to adopt them will hamper the country’s trade exchange with the world.
News ID: 76012 Publish Date : 2019/03/06
Iranian FM:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Spokesman for the Independent Fraction at the Iranian Parliament, Mehrdad Lahouti revealed the presence of Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs in today’s session of the Parliament and said, “considering the extant situation in the country and solving economic problems, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized that Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-related bills should be approved.”
News ID: 75946 Publish Date : 2019/03/03
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif called on officials in charge of casting the final verdict on endorsement of the two remaining FATF-related bills to base their decisions on ‘facts’.
News ID: 75812 Publish Date : 2019/02/24
TEHRAN (defapress) – A member of the Expediency Council, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, pointing to the ambiguities in the FATF and Palermo bills, said "joining them is not wise, until the likely benefits are determined."
News ID: 75432 Publish Date : 2019/02/06
Zarif:
TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told parliament members that Tehran will not accept to accomplish its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan as a prerequisite for enjoying the merits of Europe’s INSTEX (Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges) mechanism.
News ID: 75424 Publish Date : 2019/02/05
TEHRAN (defapress)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi warned senior Iranian officials against the negative consequences that are likely to rise from the endorsement and implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations.
News ID: 75184 Publish Date : 2019/01/25
Senior cleric:
TEHRAN (defapress) – Tehran Provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahhedi Kermani said the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is only a means for the United States to extend sanctions against Iran and exercise its economic hegemony over other countries.
News ID: 75045 Publish Date : 2019/01/18
TEHRAN (defapress) – A host of elites from Qom seminary wrote a letter to the head of Expediency Council, warning that Iran’s joining FATF leads to enemies’ complete dominance over the country’s banking affairs.
News ID: 75018 Publish Date : 2019/01/16
TEHRAN (defapress) – A host of Basiji students from Iranian universities and seminaries warned the Expediency Council about the dangers and threats of Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT).
News ID: 74345 Publish Date : 2018/12/15
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif briefed parliamentarians on the process of Iran’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) standards that are set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
News ID: 73231 Publish Date : 2018/10/23
TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the Financial Action Task Force’s decision to extend suspension of counter-measures against Tehran, describing it as a defeat for the US and its allies.
News ID: 73165 Publish Date : 2018/10/20
TEHRAN (defapress)– Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in response to the Majlis query about how to deal with the FATF bills, said that he had no disagreement with the bills to be discussed in the Iranian parliament.
News ID: 72927 Publish Date : 2018/10/07