Expediency Council
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Senior MP:
Expediency Council to close case on CFT, Palermo bills by Feb.
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Senior Iranian MP Falahatpisheh said Sun. that the fate of the two remaining FATF-related bills, namely CFT and Palermo, will be decided at the Expediency Council by next month.
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Iran passes amendment bill on combating money laundering
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – The Expediency Council has passed the final verdict on the amendment bill on combating money laundering, endorsing the FATF-related bill on Saturday.
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By: Mohammadreza Abbasi
Expediency Council holds 1st session with Ayatollah Amoli as chairman
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Iran’s Expediency Council held a session on Sat. in Tehran. This is the first session of the body after the Leader of the Islamic Revolution appointed the Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Amoli Larijani as its new head on Dec. 30, replacing the late Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi who passed away on Dec. 4 after a long struggle with cancer.
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By: Mohammadreza Abbasi
Memorial ceremony for the late Ayat. Hashemi Shahroudi held in Ark Mosque
TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – Memorial ceremony of the deceased Expediency Council (EC) Chairman Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi was held in Ark Mosque this morning on Dec. 29 in the presence of outstanding political figures.
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By: Majid Asgaripour
Funeral procession of Ayat. Shahroudi
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – The funeral procession of the late Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi was held this morning in Tehran, in the presence of huge crowd of people, the heads of the three branches, top governmental, clerical and the army officials.
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By: Shahab Ghayoumi
Officials bid farewell to senior cleric Ayatollah Shahroudi
TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – On Tuesday evening at Imam Sadegh Mosque in Tehran, a large number of high-ranking Iranian officials and ordinary people paid tribute to the late Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who passed away last night after a long-standing struggle with cancer.
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MP says probability of approving FATF bills high
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – The probability of approving FATF related and money laundering bills is high said the Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament.
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By: Mohammad Khodabakhsh
Expediency Council meeting
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The Expediency Council convened on Sat. to review the FATF-related anti-money laundering bill (CFT). At the end of the meeting, the Council's spokesman, Mohsen Rezaie, responded to journalists’ questions about the differences between the Parliament and the Council on the bill. The meeting was chaired by it head Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and it was attended by the Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani.
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Spokesman:
Guardian Council cannot ignore CFT flaws
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Guardian Council Spokesman said the Council cannot ignore the flaws in the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT), which it has found in opposition to the country's Constitution and Sharia law.
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Expediency Council to decide on CFT based on national interest: Rezaei
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that the council will certainly decide on the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) based on national and revolution’s interests.
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Basij warns Expediency Council about dangers of joining FATF
TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – A host of Basiji students from Iranian universities and seminaries warned the Expediency Council about the dangers and threats of Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT).
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EC Economic Commission reviews anti-money laundering bill
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – A member of Expediency Council (EC) Hojjatoleslam Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam said that the amendment anti-money laundering bill was reviewed in today’s session of Council's Economic Commission.
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Parliament amends CFT bill
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Iranian lawmakers have voted in favor of amendments made to the flaws in the bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) as pointed out by the Guardian Council.
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Members picked for CFT advisory committee
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – An advisory committee comprising ten members has been formed to review the controversial bill on Iran’s accession to the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT).
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Sanctioning Iran is a very big mistake: Louis Farrakhan
TEHRAN, Nov. 04(MNA) – The leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI) has described the US policy to impose sanctions on Iran as a big mistake, adding that the United States is no longer able to exercise its unilateralism.
