Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said he could not give any guarantee that approving the FATF-related bills would solve Iran’s problems, but rejecting the bills would allow US to take more measures against the country. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks at today’s open session of Parliament dedicated to reviewing Iran’s accession to the […]

The Iranian parliament on Sunday voted in favor of CFT, a legislation to combat financing of terrorism. The debate on the CFT kicked off on Sunday morning with 268 lawmakers present in the parliament. A total of 143 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill while 120 voted against it. Five MPs also abstained. The […]

 Behrouz Nemati, spokesman for the parliament presiding board, announced on Saturday that Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi were scheduled to discuss the Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention late on Saturday. After the meeting, Larijani will decide upon discussing the issue at the parliament, he added. […]

Spokesman for Iranian Parliament National Security Commission Naghavi Hosseini said following US withdrawal from JCPOA and the failure in talks with Europe, Iran’s joining the CFT convention is not necessary. Criticizing the efforts of some groups in the Parliament for Iran’s joining the CFT Convention, Naghavi Hosseini said “after the nuclear agreement, Western monetary and […]

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, said CFT approval increases Iran’s bargaining power, at the same time, its dismissal does not mean an end for Iran’s economic transactions with the world. Referring to the re-examination of a law on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) at National Security and Foreign Policy […]

TEHRAN – The vice chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Tuesday that the bill on joining the convention on Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) was approved earlier in the day during a meeting of the committee. Kamal Dehqani Firouzabadi said the committee has conditionally approved the bill to […]

Following lawmakers’ protests and the subsequent voting at today’s parliament session, the bill on Iran’s accession to International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism was once again returned to National Security Council to be evaluated within two weeks. The parliament has been reviewing three FATF-related bills, including the bill on amendment to the […]