Tehran again failed to persuade the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) to take it off its list of “high risk” jurisdictions, at the organisation’s plenary session in Paris on 21-23 February. However, the organisation – an inter-governmental body which monitors anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing efforts – decided to continue suspending countermeasures against Iran while the Islamic Republic works on reforms to its financial sector.
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