Financial Tribune - Gholamreza Ansari, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, has warned against the ramifications of non-compliance with FATF norms, saying that it would create overwhelming challenges for Irans banking sector Time is running out for Tehran to meet the deadline set by the Financial Action Task Force to comply with the standards ...

Tasnim The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said Iran had until October to meet international standards against money-laundering and terror financing. It said on Friday that it was for now keeping counter-measures against Iran suspended with the exception for a call to all countries to increase supervisory examination of Iranian banks' branches ...

MNA US Secretary of States Mike Pompeo has called on Iran to ratify the two controversial FATF-related treaties without delay and without reservation. In a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, recently published on the website of the US Department of State, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Iran to ratify ...

MNA Chairman of Iranian Parliaments national security committee said Tue. that Irans decison on joining the global anti-money laundering watchdog and the countermeasure against US anti-IRGC move should be handled as two separate matters. Speaking to ISNA on Tuesday, Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iranian Parliament,...

MNA Irans Assembly of Experts has warned the legislative bodies to avoid approving the anti-money laundering FATF-related bills, calling joining the global watchdog a strategic mistake. Irans Assembly of Experts ended its annual meeting on Wednesday with issuing a final statement. In the statement, the Experts point to the problems with Irans ...

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....

IRNA Iran's Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laiya Joneidi says the country's accession to the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is necessary. Joneidi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Thursday that Iran's link with the international banking system, accession to FATF and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) ...

Tehran Times - The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday extended the suspension of countermeasures against Iran for another four months, until June, recognizing the country's efforts in meeting its Action Plan. The international body required Iran to proceed swiftly in the reform path and comply with anti-terrorism financial ...

MNA 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. Speaking to reporters on Sunday on the sidelines of a national conference on multilateralism in Irans foreign policy, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ...

MNA Hours after the anti-money laundering body FATF extended the deadline for Iran until June 2019 to complete reforms, the Central Bank of Iran issued a statement welcoming the move. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) watchdog said on Friday that it hasextendedIran's deadline to Juneto strengthen its ...

Reuters - Iran has until June to fix its anti-money laundering and terrorism financing rules or face increased international scrutiny of its banks, a global watchdog said on Friday. Last October, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) watchdog had already given Iran until February to complete an action plan of reforms that would bring ...

MNA Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi said Irans joining the Financial Action Task Force is not off the table yet, adding that the FATF may extend its Feb. deadline for Iran to join the body. There is a possibility that the deadline would be extended, Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi told reporters on the ...

MNA Iranian Parliament will hold a session Sun. to review a report of flaws pointed out by the Guardian Council on the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). The controversial CFT bill had been referred to the national security committee to address and resolve the remaining flaws pointed out by the Guardian ...

MNA The spokesman of Iran's Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Sun. the members of the Commission are opposed to take the Foreign Minister Zarifs case to the Judiciary for his claims on massive money laundering operations by some institutions. Ali Najafi Khoshroodi, the spokesman of Iran'sParliament National ...

MNA Tehran's interim Friday prayers leader Kazem Sedighi cautioned Iranian officials against the repeat of their experience with 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) with FATF-related bills. Speaking to the Friday prayers participants this noon, he said that endorsing (Financial Action Task Force) FATF bills is like starting a self-sanctioning process....

IRNA - Head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament says it is necessary a joint database to be formed for reviewing existing agreements between countries on terrorism to exchange documents for cooperation. 'Most of those who grow terrorism in the region are outside the area, and most of the victims are from ...

MNA Iranian lawmakers will review the potential solutions to the flaws in the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT), which have been pointed out by the Guardian Council. The lawmakers are set to look into the matter during the Parliaments open session today (Wed.)to discover appropriate legal ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed the necessity of joining anti-money laundering FATF, saying that implementing the FATF standards, whether they are good or bad, provides the needed infrastructure for continuing financial communication with global banks. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a ceremonyto ...

MNA Iranian lawmakers will review the potential solutions to the flaws in the bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT), which have been pointed out by the Guardian Council. The lawmakers are set to look into the matter during the Parliaments open session today (Tue.)to discover appropriate legal ...

MNA An advisory committee comprising ten members has been formed to review the controversial bill on Irans accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT). Following the disputein the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission with regard to the bill on Irans accession to the International Convention ...