Spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, said in a tweet on Friday night that the Council has rejected an amendment bill on combating money laundering.
According to Kadkhodaei, the Guardian Council has recognized four paragraphs of the amendment bill on combating money laundering as inconsistent with the country’s Constitution and Sharia laws, and as such, has returned the bill to the Parliament for making the required amendments.
Iran has less than two months to adopt financial reforms proposed by the Financial Action Task Force .
So far, the country has approved the amendment bill on combating the financing of terrorism (CFT), while the fate of the three other bills are still undecided.
While FATF does not have the authority to impose sanctions, a country blacklisted by the world’s financial watchdog will face severe pressure in its financial dealings with other countries.
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