Iran attends main FATF meeting in Paris after 6-year hiatus

TEHRAN – Iran’s representative has attended the main meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris for the first time in six years, following an official invitation from the global anti-money laundering body.

ICCIMA head sees direct FATF talks as lifeline for business community

TEHRAN – The head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) said the resumption of direct talks between Iran and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after six years offers a ray of hope for the country’s business community, stressing that economic diplomacy led by the private sector is the best path to navigate current challenges.

Iran resumes direct talks with FATF after 6-year hiatus

TEHRAN – The Financial Intelligence Center said the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has formally invited Iran to direct negotiations for the first time in six years, as the country moves to normalize its status with the global watchdog.

‘FATF expected to take confidence-building steps about Iran’

TEHRAN- Iranian deputy minister of finance and economic affairs said that FATF is expected to take confidence-building steps in reply to Iran's set of measures in the field of combating money laundering and terrorism financing, including the ratification of the Palermo Convention.

ICCIMA urges approval of CFT to facilitate exit from FATF blacklist

TEHRAN - The Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) on Sunday called on the Expediency Council to approve the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) bill, saying the move would pave the way for Iran’s full removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist.

Govt. spox talks Iran’s stance on snapback threats, Egypt visit, FATF

TEHRAN – Fatemeh Mohajerani, Iran's government spokesperson, addressed concerns about the potential activation of the snapback mechanism on the sidelines of cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday.

Sanctions, the main barrier to attracting foreign investment: Hemmati

TEHRAN – Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati stated that sanctions pose the most significant obstacle to attracting foreign investment, not the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Speaking to IRIB, Hemmati noted that even if Iran were to adopt the Palermo and CFT conventions, removal from the FATF blacklist would not be guaranteed in the short term.

Iran currently implements 40 FATF clauses, awaits revision of two remaining

TEHRAN – The Chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council has announced that 40 out of 42 FATF clauses are currently being implemented in the country, with only two requiring revisions.

The greater the military power, the greater the retreat

Siasat-e-Rooz devoted its editorial to Ian's position against the Zionist regime and the United States in the current sensitive situation and wrote:

Runoff polls begin in Iran as Pezeshkian, Jalili compete for presidential post

Voters decide whether pro-reform Pezeshkian or conservative Jalili will take the presidential helm

TEHRAN – The runoff presidential election began in Iran on Friday at 8:00 local time with the tight competition between pro-reform Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative Saeed Jalili.

Iran's proposal to launch swift analogue added to BRICS agenda

TEHRAN - BRICS has put on the agenda the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)’s proposal to set up the group's own equivalent to the SWIFT payment system and create an organization to fight money laundering and terrorist financing that would be similar to intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

"Interim agreement" is the code name of psychological operation

The Iran newspaper commented on the nuclear negotiations. It said: The Western news media have purposefully published news claiming that Iran and the U.S. are reaching an "interim agreement".

Dirty war

The poisoning of schoolgirls shows that Iran is facing an unprecedented enmity, even though such enmity is prohibited according to international conventions, the Resalat newspaper says in an opinion piece.