(Wall Street Journal) Mengqi Sun - The Financial Action Task Force, the body that sets standards for anti-money-laundering and counterterrorism financing rules, on Friday extended until February a deadline for Iran to implement certain measures or face further restrictions. The FATF last week asked countries to introduce enhanced processes for reporting financial transactions concerning Iran. It also called for other countries to step up audit requirements for financial institutions that have branches or subsidiaries in Iran. "For more than three years, Iran has repeated empty promises to the international community to stop financing terrorism and fix its corrupt and opaque financial system," said Marshall Billingslea, assistant U.S. Treasury secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes.
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