{"id":13211,"date":"2026-02-14T20:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/13211\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T20:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:39:43","slug":"oslo-rights-conference-urges-concrete-dialogue-for-irans-democratic-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/13211\/","title":{"rendered":"Oslo rights conference urges concrete dialogue for Iran\u2019s democratic future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghalibaf issued the notification under Article 123 of the constitution, which requires the speaker to forward approved legislation to the president for enforcement. <\/p>\n

The law is part of Iran\u2019s effort to meet Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards requiring countries to monitor and report financial transactions to curb money laundering and terror funding.<\/p>\n

Mohsen Dehnavi, spokesman for the Expediency Council, said Iran\u2019s accession was approved with two safeguards. Parliament attached a clause requiring the government to act within the framework of the constitution, and the council added that the Islamic Republic would implement the treaty only insofar as it aligns with domestic laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf any part of the convention conflicts with Iran\u2019s internal legislation, national laws will take precedence,\u201d Dehnavi said. \u201cThe Expediency Council approved joining the convention based on these two conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move came days after lawmakers voted down<\/a> a bid to block the government from joining the United Nations convention against terror financing. Lawmakers rejected the motion with 150 votes in favor, 73 against and nine abstentions out of 238 members present. The proposal, introduced by conservative lawmakers, sought to halt Iran\u2019s conditional approval to join the convention.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Expediency Council, which resolves disputes between parliament and the Guardian Council under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, gave conditional approval for joining the treaty after years of delay, saying implementation would depend on guarantees that Iran\u2019s economic and security interests are protected.<\/p>\n

Backers see relief, opponents fear exposure of financial networks<\/p>\n

Hardline lawmakers say joining the UN anti-terror finance convention could expose Iran\u2019s financial networks used to bypass US sanctions and support regional allies. Supporters argue that compliance could reconnect the country\u2019s banks to global systems and attract investment amid a deep economic crisis.<\/p>\n

Mohammad-Mehdi Shahriari, a member of parliament\u2019s national security committee, said on Saturday that reopening debate on the Countering Financing of Terrorism bill was illegal and would deepen Iran\u2019s isolation, ILNA reported.<\/p>\n

He said President Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019s government had obtained the Supreme Leader\u2019s consent to review the measure after expert study. \u201cThe CFT was approved with conditions and safeguards after a long process involving parliament, the Guardian Council, and the Expediency Council,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shahriari criticized ultraconservative lawmakers for trying to block progress. \u201cOur revolutionary brothers said it was not the right time to discuss this,\u201d he said. \u201cBut with so many barriers in trade and banking, the Palermo and CFT bills can ease the burden created after years of sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Revisiting the bill in parliament was illegal because the Supreme Leader had already authorized its review, he said.<\/p>\n

Regional ties and economic impact<\/p>\n

Failure to adopt global financial rules has worsened Iran\u2019s economic problems and strained ties even with friendly states, Shahriari said. \u201cRussia and China have both said that our refusal to join FATF conventions complicates trade with them,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen most countries have joined and only Iran and North Korea stand apart, what purpose does it serve except more isolation?\u201d<\/p>\n

The United States has for decades accused Tehran of using its regional allies to fund and organize attacks, labeling Iran the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism for 39 consecutive years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghalibaf issued the notification under Article 123 of the constitution, which requires the speaker to forward approved legislation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[85],"tags":[2271,10048,10044,10041,10042,10045,10039,10043,10040,10046,4174,157,156,10047],"class_list":["post-13211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oslo","tag-iran","tag-iran-and-china","tag-iran-covid","tag-iran-economy","tag-iran-government","tag-iran-media-iran-and-the-united-states","tag-iran-news","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-iran-politics","tag-iran-us","tag-middle-east","tag-norway","tag-oslo","tag-us-sanctions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}