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Source: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/02/21/fatf-reimposes-countermeasures-on-iran/
FATF Reimposes Countermeasures on Iran for Failing to Meet Anti-Money Laundering Standards
(Foundation for Defense of Democracies) Toby Dershowitz - Countries on the FATF, the global anti-money laundering body - including Russia, China, and the E3 - understood that Iran had made a strategic decision to defy FATF. Iran's Guardian Council, which screens prospective laws for fidelity to the regime's Islamist ideology, rejected legislation passed by Iran's parliament to comply with FATF's concerns. The writer is senior vice president for government relations and strategy at the FDD.