TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has given permission to the government and parliament to decide about Tehran’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said on Monday.

After corresponding regularly with the office of the Leader on Iran’s accession to FATF, the Leader finally tasked the government and parliament with deciding about it, ISNA quoted Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh as saying.

The government and parliament could either approve or reject four bills concerning FATF UNTOC (the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime) and UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) proposed by the Rouhani administration, he added.

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