Sunday, 25 October 2020_The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti-money laundering watchdog, has agreed to a demand by the United Sates to toughen rules and regulations vis-à-vis Iran because the country has been evading sanctions imposed by Washington.
Monday, 19 October 2020_Iran would enjoy almost no benefit if it fully complies with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international bloc to fight money laundering and terrorism financing, says a senior expert who believes such a move would even harm Iran’s efforts to evade illegal and inhumane sanctions imposed by the United States.
Tehran 18 February _Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati says the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is unlikely to put the Islamic Republic on its financial blacklist.
TEHRAN, Mar 06 - 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.
TEHRAN, Feb 22 - The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on Friday that Iran has until June 2019 to strengthen its anti-money laundering legislation, suspending counter-measures against Iran for another 4 months.
TEHRAN, Jan 27 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani forwarded the anti-money laundering legislation (AML) to the Judiciary and Ministry of Economic Affairs on Saturday.
TEHRAN, November 04 - Iran’s Guardian Council has sent a bill for the country’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) treaty - a series of standards set by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) - back to the parliament.
TEHRAN, October 21 - Iran’s vice president for legal affairs hailed the Financial Action Task Force’s decision to extend suspension of counter-measures against Tehran, saying it would do a big favor to a European Union-proposed payment system for sustained trade with Iran under US sanctions.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry has hailed a decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering body, to extend the suspension of its counter-measures against Tehran despite Washington’s tremendous efforts to get the Islamic Republic back into the body’s blacklist.
TEHRAN, October 07 - The Iranian Parliament approved a bill on the country’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) treaty –a series of standards set by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force).
TEHRAN, June 22 - A group of senior Republican lawmakers in US Congress have asked the administration of President Donald Trump to add Iran back on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s blacklist and reverse one of the key agreements that paved the way for the 2015 nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and major world powers.
TEHRAN, May 26 - Senior Iranian lawmaker on Saturday urged Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to differentiate between terrorist groups and the armed groups that are defending their country against occupation.
TEHRAN, February 24 - The world’s financial watchdog has extended a waiver for punitive measures against Iran for another six months but refused to remove the country from its blacklist.
TEHRAN, June 24, YJC -The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which fights money laundering, has prolonged a freeze of some of its restrictions on Iran after verifying the Islamic Republic’s continued compliance with its directives.