Iran’s Concerns over Interaction with Financial Action Task Force

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 8, Volume 9, Issue 1 - Serial Number 17, June 2021, Pages 193-218   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/irlip.2021.39867

Authors

Mahmoud Reza Farsiani^{* 1}; hilda rezaeei²; ahad bagherzadeh³; mostafa noorollahi⁴

¹Ph.D. Candidate of Public International Law, Department of Law, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

²Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Corresponding Author

³Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

⁴Assistant Professor, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The relationship and interaction between Islamic Republic of Iran and Financial Action Task Force has had its ups and downs over more than a decade. Although it seems that the relationship between Iran and FATF is in its most complicated phase today, there are still hopes that some mutually-beneficial solutions can be reached for settlement of the disagreements based on international law. The present paper has tried to use different sources in order to demonstrate that on the one hand, there has been overstatements and exaggeration about risks involved in Iran’s compliance with FATF recommendations and Action Plan– such as risks in FIU information leakage, uncertainty about the next steps in the group’s  Action Plans or pessimism about FATF decision making method (consensus);  and on the other hand, solutions are available for more complicated  issues - such as Iran’s entering into Palermo and  CFT conventions -  based on international law and Islamic jurisprudence.

Keywords

Financial transparency; Money laundering; Financial task force; Recommendations; Terrorism

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