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Chairman of Iran`s Expediency Council (EC) Sadeq Amoli Larijani said that approval of the Palermo and CFT conventions are dangerous to the country`s national security.
In my opinion. Palermo and CFT are very dangerous to Iran`s national security. with CFT even more so. Amoli Larijani said.
He noted that the JCPOA experience proved the unreliability of Americans and their allies to Iran. adding. CFT is more dangerous than Palermo.
The FATF has extended its deadline several times. Do you think I will pay attention to such threats? Amoli Larijani asked. saying. I will do my job.
We should consider all the aspects and in my view. there are serious security risks.
In relevant remarks on Wednesday. EC Secretary Mohsen Rezayee lashed out at the Financial Action Task Force for insisting Tehran to approve and join Palermo and CFT conventions. saying that the FATF request is a case of interference in Iran`s sovereignty and internal affairs.
The recent action by the FATF assembly is suspicious as it has been persistently requesting Iran to approve these two (conventions) out of the 30 requirements that have not been done yet. Rezayee said. addressing a ceremony in Tehran.
Isn`t it interference of a foreign group in Iran`s internal affairs? The EC is doing its job. then why does an international group interfere (with this national affair)? he asked.
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force. a global anti-money laundering body. has given Iran a final deadline of February 2020 to implement a set of four bills to meet the standards set by the watchdog.
Last October. Iran`s Parliament passed the four bills. but only two of them have so far gone into effect.
The Expediency Council is in charge of deciding the fate of the two other bills. namely one on Iran’s accession to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. commonly known in Iran as ‘Palermo’. and the other one a bill amending Iran’s Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) law.
Those against the endorsement of the FATF-related bills say the move would impose further restrictions on Iran’s economic relations while the country is under US severe sanctions.
