As Iran mulls joining financial watchdog, Israel sees win-win situation - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Meir Javedanfar

Meir Javedanfar

Mar 6, 2019

Iranian MP's display their disagreement over the a bill to counter terrorist financing in parliament in Tehran on October 7, 2018. - The bill, one of four put forward by the government to meet demands set by the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF), was passed by 143 votes to 120, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) — Iranian members of parliament protest a bill to counter terrorist financing and for Iran to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 7, 2018. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

Ansari and Nabavi, members of Iran's top legislative arbitration body the Expediency Council, speak to media in Tehran. Majid Ansari (L) and Morteza Nabavi, members of Iran's top legislative arbitration body the Expediency Council, speak to the media in Tehran October 18, 2004. The Expediency Council, which recently overturned a key plank of the constitution to allow large-scale privatisations, said it would apply a ceiling to banking privatisation keeping at least one-third of shares in the hands of the g

Iran's FATF gridlock spawns 'death threats'

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the head office of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) in Tehran November 9, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - RTXAEWW

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Saam Borhani

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Ehsan Bodaghi

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses a news conference following nuclear negotiations with European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is leading talks with Iran on behalf of the six world powers, at the United Nations in Geneva October 16, 2013. Iran called two days of nuclear talks with six world powers, United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany and China, that ended on Wednesday "fruitful" and said it hoped for a new phase in relations. He said two sides had for t

Why Europe just made Rouhani’s effort to exit FATF blacklist even harder

Rohollah Faghihi

Rohollah Faghihi