The Expediency Council approved Iran’s conditional accession to the CFT during its session on October 1.
Mohsen Dehnavi, the spokesperson for the council, explained that the Parliament, in approving the bill on Iran’s accession to the CFT, had stipulated that the country would implement the provisions of the convention within the framework of its Constitution.
He added that, based on this stipulation, if any provisions of the convention were to conflict with the domestic laws of the Islamic Republic, the internal laws of Iran would take precedence.
Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) involves investigating, analyzing, deterring and preventing sources of funding for activities intended to achieve political, religious or ideological goals through violence and the threat of violence against civilians.
The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was also adopted by the General Assembly resolution 55/25 in November 2000. It is known as the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime. The convention opened for signature by member states at a high-level political conference convened for that purpose in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000.